CHIANG RAI - Illegal rare earth mines in Myanmar's Shan and Kachin states are causing widespread cross-border pollution ...

(Bangkok) – An ethnic armed group in northern Myanmar has abducted and forcibly recruited civilians fleeing fighting in Shan State, Human Rights Watch said today. Myanmar’s military also has a long ...

Soldiers from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) pose with the MNDAA flag after capturing a Myanmar military base at Magra-tapok hill in northern Shan State, October 27, 2023.

Ethnic armed groups are once again on the march in eastern Myanmar along the country’s border with China, after the collapse of a China-brokered ceasefire last week. Yesterday morning, the Myanmar ...

CHIANG RAI - Myanmar’s Kachin and Shan states once boasted rich green forests and abundant wildlife. As rare earth mines ...

On a typical day, Mai Rupa travels through his native Shan State, in eastern Myanmar, documenting the impact of war. A video journalist with the online news outlet Shwe Phee Myay, he travels to remote ...

Rare-earth mining in Myanmar is polluting the Mekong River with toxic metals, threatening ecosystems, food security, and water supplies across mainland Southeast Asia.

December vote covers just 102 townships, with 56 excluded and 172 left in limbo as the junta eyes further military gains.

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed ...

A current-affairs blogger from Shan State has been sentenced to seven years for mocking the regime’s ability to keep basic ...

BANGKOK — An alliance of ethnic armed groups in northeastern Myanmar has reportedly achieved one of the main goals it set when it launched an offensive last October by taking control of Laukkaing, a ...

BANGKOK — Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias has in the past few days become more complicated, as two minority ...