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Myanmar military warns of ‘action’ as protests grow

Myanmar authorities have warned “action” would be taken against protesters who break the law as huge ...View More

Should international companies pull investments out of Myanmar? | Inside Story

Protests against last week's military coup in Myanmar are spreading, despite internet shutdowns and  ...View More

Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup, internet blackout eased

Tens of thousands of people rallied again in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Sunday denouncing a mi ...View More

Thousands of Myanmar protesters in standoff with police in Yangon

Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon to denounce a military coup and demanded the relea ...View More

Myanmar anti-junta protests spread, Twitter and Instagram blocked

A digital crackdown by Myanmar's military government on protesters' online presence is intensifying. ...View More

Myanmar coup: Politicians defy military in symbolic session

Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party remains defiant after it won the electi ...View More

Myanmar coup: Diaspora community concerned for relatives

Outside of their homeland, more people from Myanmar live in Thailand than anywhere else in the world ...View More

Myanmar military blocks Facebook, social media as pressure grows

There are reports of more arrests in Myanmar, as protests against Monday's military coup gather pace ...View More

Medics in Myanmar on strike against military amid COVID-19 crisis

Public sector medical workers across Myanmar began a civil disobedience protest against Monday's cou ...View More

Myanmar police file charges against Aung San Suu Kyi after coup

Myanmar police have filed charges against overthrown leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing ...View More

Widespread protests in Myanmar's Yangon after NLD condemns coup, calls for leaders' release.

The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Monday's coup in Myanmar ...View More

How can the international community restore democracy in Myanmar? | Inside Story

It's been criticised as 'unacceptable' and a 'serious blow to democracy' by the UN. World leaders ha ...View More

Can Myanmar return to democracy? | Inside Story

Soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and leaders of her National League for Democracy party that won a ...View More

Military takes power in Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi detained

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in ...View More

Could Myanmar's military stage a coup? | Inside Story

Ever since the National League for Democracy's landslide win in November's election, military leader ...View More

Myanmar in turmoil over disputed election

A day ahead of the opening of a new parliament in Myanmar, fears of a possible military coup linger. ...View More

Polls close in Myanmar election

The polls have closed in Myanmar's general election, its second since the end of direct military rul ...View More

Myanmar coronavirus: Thailand concerned over rising cases

The number of coronavirus cases has more than doubled in the past week in Myanmar, bringing the tota ...View More

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi launches election campaign

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has kicked off her governing party's campaign - ahead of November' ...View More

Myanmar lockdown: Karen minority defies school ban orders

Some schools in Myanmar are refusing to close amid an increase in coronavirus infections. The govern ...View More

Myanmar peace talks: Growing frustration over lack of progress

Rebel army leaders in Myanmar say they are frustrated by a lack of progress in peace talks with the  ...View More

Myanmar to restart peace process with rebel groups

Myanmar's stalled peace process will restart with another round of negotiations between the governme ...View More

Myanmar: Karen minority demand troops leave area

Myanmar's military says two soldiers accused of killing a woman from an ethnic minority community wi ...View More

Myanmar: More than 160 killed in jade mine landslide

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 162 people and wounded another 54 ...View More

UN envoy: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi failed as humanitarian

The UN's outgoing human rights envoy for Myanmar says the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has fa ...View More

UN's outgoing human rights envoy to Myanmar slams Suu Kyi

The UN's outgoing human rights envoy for Myanmar says the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has fa ...View More

UN's top human rights envoy to Myanmar steps down

The UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, is stepping down after spending ...View More

Why is Myanmar stepping up attacks on ethnic rebel groups? I Inside Story

There has been much attention on the Myanmar military's campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minorit ...View More

Myanmar: On Trial | 101 East

Myanmar's government is on trial in the International Court of Justice, accused of orchestrating a c ...View More

Myanmar cancels Thingyan celebrations amid coronavirus fears

Myanmar will ring in a new year next week. But celebrations will be muted because of the coronavirus ...View More

Myanmar: Karen minority demands protection in peace park

The Karen ethnic minority in Myanmar has been fighting for greater autonomy for 70 years. One of the ...View More

Myanmar violence: Thousands displaced by fresh fighting

Government soldiers are in Rakhine state again, more than two-and-a-half years after a military offe ...View More

Minorities in Myanmar receive training

The group says they have trained over 300 teams and about 70 are in operation, helping injured civil ...View More

Tackling drug addiction: Myanmar ethnic group steps up fight

Governments in Southeast Asia say more regional cooperation is needed to tackle a growing drug probl ...View More

Ongoing fighting, abuses in Myanmar's northern Shan State

In Myanmar's northern Shan State, ethnic armed groups have been fighting the Myanmar military for mo ...View More

Myanmar conflict: civilians caught in battle in north

More than 2000 people have been displaced from their homes in Myanmar's northern Shan state, as the  ...View More

Myanmar: No sign of lasting peace in Wa State

In Myanmar, it's been almost four years since a so-called Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was signed  ...View More

Myanmar conflict: Kachin residents turn to drugs amid unrest

In the mountainous region of Myanmar's most northern Kachin state, eight years of displacement and c ...View More

Myanmar conflict: Arakan violence rises in Rakhine state

In Myanmar's Rakhine state, another ethnic group besides the Rohingya has been fighting for its righ ...View More

Myanmar's women trafficked to China at risk of sexual violence

Conflict in Myanmar's northern state of Kachin is forcing more people from their homes. A ceasefire  ...View More

UN investigator calls for tougher approach on Myanmar abuses

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar says the US sanctions imposed on senior militar ...View More

Analysis: UN warns of telecom blackout cover for Myanmar military abuses

Myanmar's army may be committing serious human rights violations under cover of a mobile phone black ...View More

Myanmar quarry: Chinese road project causes division | Al Jazeera English

For some villagers along Myanmar's border with Thailand, the promise of a new road is a threat to li ...View More

Myanmar's Cycle of Debt | 101 East

With its gleaming new shopping malls and high-rise apartment blocks, Yangon has become the symbol of ...View More

Myanmar's Youngest Maids | 101 East

When a maid from Myanmar fell from the window of a high-rise Singapore flat, the incident shocked th ...View More