The major earthquake that struck central Myanmar created a crisis within a crisis. It comes as a prolonged armed conflict and political crisis has eroded a health system, making access to care more ...

Rohingya activists and legal advocacy groups have filed a criminal case against the head of Myanmar’s military junta in Indonesia, accusing him of acts of genocide against the Rohingya minority group.

The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language ...

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Ye Win Oo's rise linked to loyalty to predecessor Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing poised to become Myanmar's president Former intelligence chief led troops in arresting Aung San Suu Kyi March 31 ...

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, who led a coup in 2021, stepped down on March 30 to stand as president in a parliamentary vote following the first polls in the South-east Asian nation since the ...

Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s military chief who led a coup in 2021, stepped down on Monday to stand as president in a parliamentary vote following the first polls in the Southeast Asian nation since the ...

Min Aung Hlaing had been military chief for 15 years Former intelligence chief appointed successor Date for final parliamentary vote has not been announced Military coup in 2021 led to civil war March ...

Myanmar’s ageing railway stations are bustling with life, crowded with passengers as surging fuel prices due to the Middle East war drive commuters to choose trains over costly planes and cars. On a ...

Over the past twelve months, the ICRC, together with the Myanmar Red Cross Society and local partners, has assisted hundreds of thousands of people across the worst-affected areas. But recovery takes ...

On 19th August 2011, a former General and Myanmar President Thein Sein’s decision to invite recently released Aung San Suu Kyi at his residence for dinner marked a quiet but consequential turning ...

Five years after Myanmar’s military coup, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) faces a critical test: whether it will stand with the people of Myanmar, or allow the region’s most brutal ...