This Country Is Ravaged by War, but Its Rich Feel ‘Positive Vibes Only’

The lifestyles of the wealthy in Myanmar — nightclubs, caviar and trips abroad — have been largely untouched by years of ...

Myanmar Parliament passes crypto scam bill with penalties up to life

Myanmar’s Parliament passed an anti-online scam bill whose draft proposed prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto scams ...
The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Border Scams Move Inland as Regional Crackdown Intensifies

Under mounting international pressure, scam syndicates are relocating operations inland from the Myanmar-Thai border, ...
The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Military Shifts Jade Auction to China

Unprecedented move to launch Myanmar Gems Emporium abroad signals desperate survival strategy for a regime hit by battlefield ...
The New York Times

Myanmar’s Civil War Started With a Coup 5 Years Ago. Here’s the Impact.

The Southeast Asian nation recently experienced its highest monthly civilian death toll since the war began in 2021. By Hannah Beech Reporting from Anyar, Myanmar The civil war in Myanmar has churned ...
The Conversation

Myanmar’s forgotten war: How the world is failing the test of the UN’s Responsibility to Protect

Myanmar’s civil war is one of the clearest tests of the international community’s promise to protect civilians. Two decades on from the creation of the United Nations’ “Responsibility to Protect,” ...
Reuters

Thailand hopes to be 'bridge' for Myanmar and ASEAN, foreign minister says

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand hopes to bring Myanmar back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nearly five years after a military coup, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak ...
The Diplomat

China’s Intervention and the Limits of Fatalism in Myanmar

Troops with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) raise their flag after the capture of Lashio in July 2024. A year later, China pressured the MNDAA to withdraw and cede control of ...
Foreign Affairs

The Chance to Save Myanmar

Since Myanmar’s military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government in 2021, it has ruled with devastating violence. Junta forces have bombed civilians in a bid to suppress rebellious ...
The Conversation

Myanmar’s military rule is crippling hope for young people like never before

Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced threats to their survival and future as severe ...
The Diplomat

Myanmar Economy to Shrink Further in 2025, World Bank Says

Myanmar’s economy is set to contract further in 2025, the World Bank said in its latest outlook, after a year of conflict in which resistance groups made significant inroads against the country’s ...
Foreign Affairs

Myanmar Is Fragmenting—but Not Falling Apart

The conflict in Myanmar, now in its fourth year, has claimed thousands of civilian lives and displaced more than three million people. Since toppling the democratically elected government of Aung San ...