• Deadly quake hits Myanmar: Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors in Myanmar after the largest earthquake in more than a century flattened buildings. More than 1,600 people are dead, ...

Myanmar’s economy is set to contract further in 2025, the World Bank said in its latest outlook, after a year of conflict in which resistance groups made significant inroads against the country’s ...

According to reported figures, Myanmar's military-backed party won over 80 per cent of the lower house seats where voting was held in Sunday.

The implementation of the People’s Military Service Law will allow the military to increase its control over women’s lives and bodies. Myanmar’s current conscription system is an act of fascist ...

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In the years since the Myanmar military launched a coup in February 2021, the ...

Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure on ...

November 23, 2024: Currently the Myanmar military government is continuing to preserve its control over ever smaller portions of the country. While Myanmar became quieter for a while after the ...

Aung San Suu Kyi along with members of her party were detained by the military. HONG KONG -- Myanmar’s army seized power in an apparent coup during the early morning hours Monday, detaining de facto ...

Workers and small business owners in Myanmar are bracing for greater uncertainty after the International Labour Organization (ILO) imposed sanctions against the military junta for its failure to ...