Junta troops have raided a large village of more than 3,000 residents near one of Myanmar’s most famous pilgrimage sites, forcing locals to flee their homes. The raid on Letpan in Sagaing Region ...

The military coup of February 2021 shattered the hopes of many young people in Myanmar who had envisioned a better and more stable future under their democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The town of Singu was seized by the Mandalay People’s Defence Force (MDY-PDF), which supports Myanmar’s main opposition, in July last year. The group's statement released Saturday on its ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This handout photo provided by the Mandalay People’s Defence Force shows a firefighter and men douse fire ...

The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls BANGKOK -- The United ...

An airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, an opposition group says The attack occurred Friday at 3 p.m. in Let Pan Hla village in Singu township, about 65 kilometers north of Mandalay, ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a central village ... a spokesperson for the Mandalay People’s Defense Force said.

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 ...

He later established a nonprofit organization to promote cultural exchanges between Japan and Myanmar. His students are mainly people in their 20s who are studying the language with hopes of ...

BANGKOK — The United Nations food agency said on Friday that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.

All Burmese names are particular. Most people do not have surnames or forenames (“Christian” names ... Foreigners too have resorted to pseudonyms, perhaps the most famous being Eric Blair (a.k.a.