Le Monde managed to visit Myanmar's largest city despite the war. The city has lost none of its buzz, our journalist reports.

Four years after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals are holding on but fighting an increasingly dire battle for survival, ...

Recent truces declared by ethnic armies show that China is still the only outside power that can intervene in Myanmar, but ...

Officials said it aims to chart the bloc’s direction for the year as it tries to resolve Myanmar’s deadly four-year crisis and tensions over China’s increasing assertiveness in the South ...

The protest took place during a ceremony held to consecrate a new Dhamma hall donated to the village monastery by the project’s developer, Mandalay Business Capital City Development Ltd (MBCCD), the ...

The landscape of Myanmar’s conflict has dramatically changed since then ... In June 2024, they resumed fighting and captured key locations including Lashio city and several townships in Mandalay ...

Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme of this blog over the years. This is a mining area on an epic scale, but it is also a true wild west, with poor ...

Collin J. Meisel receives funding from the U.S. government, but the results and views expressed here are his own and do not represent the views of the USG. With major conflicts in Africa, the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BANGKOK (AP) — An overnight landslide ...

If a recipe asks you to add a bay leaf, would you listen? The leathery but delicate leaf, which is usually removed before a dish is served, has been a mainstay of Mediterranean cuisine for ...

Chinese transnational criminal syndicates reportedly exploit this area with support from local armed groups, including Myanmar’s Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), previously known as the ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- U.S. authorities placed Myanmar mobile carrier Mytel on a sanctions roster due to its financial ties to the country's military. The U.S. Commerce Department added Mytel to its ...