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

The military’s upcoming election is essentially a scam, with local warlords and the militia-business complex positioned to ...

Far from stemming flow of weapons to ethnic armies fighting its ally, the junta, Beijing’s intervention will supercharge Chinese smuggling syndicates.

Robert Mickens has been reporting and commenting on the Vatican and the Catholic Church the past four decades through his ...

Myanmar's junta acknowledged Monday its long-promised election would not be held in about one in seven national parliament ...

Myanmar state-run media say a man has been sentenced to seven years of hard labor for criticizing the military government’s ...

New research from Yale SOM’s Mushfiq Mobarak shows that the violence and looting in rice-growing areas is tied to rice prices ...

Decision by Myanmar’s most powerful armed group to withdraw support for resistance forces could reshape the country’s civil ...

An earthquake that killed more than 3,800 people in Myanmar in March unfolded as the country was already mired in a civil war ...

The earthquake that killed more than 3,700 people in Myanmar in March unfolded as the country was already mired in a civil ...

Hollie McKay is a Cipher Brief contributing writer, war crimes investigator, and author of "Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield". She previously worked as an investigative ...

Opposition fighters take a break from a battle against the military junta, in Demoso, Myanmar, Jan. 7, 2024 (Sipa photo by Thu Myae via AP Images). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...