However, there are many parts of Myanmar where the junta has been less successful. Armed resistance groups control most of ...
In the aftermath of the magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 earthquakes that struck central Myanmar on March 28, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of a series of rapidly rising health threats for tens of ...
In recent months, Myanmar’s military junta has regained ground lost to organized resistance groups. Ahead of the regime’s ...
Students have historically been the vanguard in political change in Myanmar, starting when it was a British colony called Burma. But Ne Win’s iron-fisted use of troops to crush the student protests in ...
From Ne Win to Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s dictators have relied on their brutal military intelligence services to rule ...
Since 2017, Myanmar’s military has killed tens of thousands of Rohingya and exiled hundreds of thousands more to neighboring Bangladesh; in early 2025, the junta cut off food and supplies to the ...
In 1945, after three long years of war, the fight between the Allied forces and Japan over Burma finally ended. Japan was ...
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Myanmar's fragile pursuit of peace
A decade ago, Myanmar reached what many viewed as a historic milestone on Oct 15, 2015. The signing of the Nationwide ...
Since Myanmar’s latest military coup in February 2021, ethnic Chin, Kachin, and Karen Christians in the US have advocated for democracy in their home country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Last ...
The United States imposed new sanctions on Myanmar's ruling junta Thursday as its Southeast Asian neighbors urged a peaceful resolution to growing political unrest in the country. The U.S. Treasury ...
Two years after the military coup staged in Myanmar/Burma on 1st February 2021, the Council adopted today restrictive measures against 9 persons and 7 entities in view of the continuing escalation of ...
[NOTE: The junta that runs the country imposed a systematic name change several years ago, decreeing that Burma was to be called Myanmar and the capital Rangoon was to be Yangon. The opposition has ...
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