Residents of rural areas in the Dry Zone controlled by resistance forces have been vocal about their opposition to the regime ...

Thousands of prisoners, including a former government minister and a model, walked free in Myanmar on Sunday after the junta ...

In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, ...

Myanmar’s vibrant Hindu community relishes its freedom of faith, but economic and political exclusion leads some to return to their ancestral grounds.

Civil society organisations proliferated with government encouragement after the transition to democracy got underway in 2011 but are struggling under a regime that is squeezing the life out of civic ...

Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but ...

The main investor in a controversial Kayin State mega project is an expatriate Chinese businessman who has a built a commercial empire in Southeast Asia by fudging connections with the Chinese state.

Officials on the take have long been a scourge in Myanmar. There’s anecdotal evidence that since the 2021 military coup, demands by police, soldiers and civil servants for bribes, tea money and ...

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh ...

Desperate migrant workers are increasingly heading for the Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos, whose illicit economy has apparent links to Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group. Myanmar's military said ...

Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure ...