The Bamar People’s Liberation Army’s commander Maung Saungkha tells The Irrawaddy that the group is bringing its fighting ...

The US will find it geopolitically challenging to engage with China-backed ethnic armed outfits operating in Myanmar In the second week of October the US Secretary for State Antony J Blinken said were ...

Major General Zaw Min Tun, the military spokesman, recently said that about 25 percent of the nation’s population is eligible ...

China-aided poverty reduction pilot project in two villages in central Myanmar has improved people living standards and significantly helped boost soc ...

the Ta’ang National Liberation Army and the Arakan Army — are now spreading toward central Myanmar, revealing Min Aung Hlaing’s weakened control, he said. “China sees an opportunity to ...

YANGON: Solar-powered wells built with China's assistance in central Myanmar's Naypyidaw Council Area are benefiting local villagers, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar ...

Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ...

Already, the military has been retreating to its strongholds in urban central Myanmar, including Yangon and Naypyidaw. This could result in a scenario where the military retains control over a ...

BANGKOK--An order by Myanmar’s central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be converted into the local currency has many in the military-ruled country worried over potential losses.