Victims suffered beatings, electric shocks, strangulation and other forms of torture that sometimes resulted in death.

“President U Myint Swe passed away at 8.28 am this morning,” said a junta statement, adding the 74-year-old had died in a hospital in the capital Naypyidaw. “It is hereby announced that the funeral of ...

The end may not be near, but the end is clear—according to those who have kept a close eye on Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, since a military coup toppled its civilian government in 2021.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar on March 29, destroying the city of Mandalay. More than 1,600 people are confirmed dead after the earthquake, Myanmar's military said on Saturday.

Satellite images collected by Maxar, an American space technologies company, show the Mandalay region before and after the earthquake. A neighborhood of shacks and buildings in Myanmar's second ...

THE BASICS: Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was already embroiled in turmoil since the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021, triggering widespread ...

A Myanmar junta air strike on a rebel-occupied ruby mining hub killed 13 people on Saturday, according to a resident and a ...

A civil war in Myanmar has displaced millions, killed or maimed thousands more and left the country in poverty. Now China is flexing its muscle to protect interests in the region.

"Myanmar is a risky jurisdiction to rely on, given the ongoing Civil War. In 2024, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a group of armed rebels, seized sites responsible for half the world's heavy ...

A military fighter jet crashed and burned in an area that has seen intense fighting during Myanmar's civil war, with a rebel group claiming to have shot it down while state-run media reported it ...