Myanmar

YANGON, Burma—Sightings of armored personnel carriers in the biggest city of Burma (also known as Myanmar) and an internet shutdown raised political tensions late Sunday, after vast numbers of people around ...

President Joe Biden announced Feb. 10 that his administration will place sanctions on the orchestrators of a military ...

Following the arrest of an Australian advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burma (also known as ...

WASHINGTON—The International Monetary Fund sent $350 million in cash to the Burma (also known as Myanmar) government two ...

YANGON, Burma—As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Burma (also known as Myanmar)’s ...

Burma’s military launched a coup in the early morning of Feb. 1, and said it would impose a ...

Beijing has much at stake in Burma as the Southeast Asian country plunged into a political crisis after ...

Burma’s military launched a coup in the early morning of Feb. 1, and said it would impose a ...

Burma (also called Myanmar) police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing communications ...

WASHINGTON—The coup in Burma is expected to dampen the already tepid interest of U.S. and Western companies in ...

NAYPYITAW, Burma—Burma’s military on Saturday denied its chief was threatening to stage a coup over complaints of election ...

The Chinese regime is reportedly building structures at its borders with Vietnam and Burma, as an influx of ...

A rare turtle species, beloved for its permanent "smiling" expression, has been saved from the brink of extinction ...

LONDON—Britain on July 6 announced economic sanctions against individuals and organizations from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, and North ...

A surge in fighting between Burmese (also known as Myanmar) military and insurgents have killed at least 32 people, ...

Burma rejected a cruise ship from docking on Tuesday over fears passengers could be infected with the new ...

OTTAWA—Canada is supporting a genocide lawsuit against the Burma government for systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya ...

The chorus of the famed song keeps running through my mind. It’s from an 1890s poem by Rudyard ...

A Myanmar pilot safely landed a passenger jet without its front wheels

Asian elephants in Burma are being poached at an alarming rate—all to meet soaringdemand for the animal's skin ...

YANGON—The wives of two Reuters journalists in Burma jailed for seven years on official secrets charges insisted on ...

SWAR CREEK DAM, Burma—As many as 85 villages were flooded in Burma after a dam failed, unleashing waters ...

YANGON—Water from a breached dam flooded communities on Aug. 29 in central Burma, also known as Myanmar, and ...

KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh—Mohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. He chews betel and he lives ...

BEIJING—China believes that Burma is now ready to take back hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims sheltering in ...

GENEVA–Conflict between Burma's army, the Tatmadaw, and guerrillas of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Burma, also ...

YANGON–Hundreds of political prisoners have been released from Myanmar's jails in amnesties in recent years, including dozens freed ...