The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more ...

After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing ...

An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for ...

More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue ...

It has been more than a week since Akbar, a Rohingya refugee in India, has heard his niece’s voice, the longest they have not spoken to each other. She is among more than 40 Rohingya alleged by the ...

Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military. A pickup truck with ...

On any given day, the Thai side of the Moei River is bustling with traders loading hundreds of boxes onto small boats or rafts that cross the narrow stretch of water to Myanmar’s southeastern Kayin ...

Communities in Yangon live surrounded by garbage – blocking doorsteps, piling up in front of windows and clogging water systems. While much of this waste is homegrown, some of it was shipped halfway ...

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

A common desire for autonomy among Chin people has helped turn their state into one of Myanmar’s main sites of armed struggle, but resistance leaders say more needs to be done to strengthen unity.

Local politicians in a border region known for its frequent outbreaks of violence hope to transform it into the “next Macau”, but will have to overcome instability, politics and corruption to achieve ...

Over the past month, rising tensions between the Tatmadaw and the Kayin State Border Guard Force over the latter’s business dealings have shaken Kayin State’s fragile political and conflict landscape.