Traffic in Yangon moves much faster on even-numbered dates. That is when, as a result of fuel-saving measures introduced this month, only cars with licence plates beginning 2, 4, 6 or 8 can drive ...

The mixed-gender ranks wore mismatched camouflaged and drab uniforms -- many stamped with the logo of the Mandalay People's Defence Force (PDF), considered one of the most powerful pro-democracy ...

Myanmar has entered the sixth year of a brutal civil war that the military regime, which seized control of the country in 2021, is increasingly confident it can win. The conflict was triggered when ...

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, used a recent armed forces reshuffle to shore up his power base by promoting loyalists ahead of his expected imminent transition to ...

This week, the first students completed a three-year degree course, ready to treat displaced people and pro-democracy fighters unable to risk government-run hospitals It was a remarkable, but ...

YANGON - Myanmar’s military government is stepping up fuel rationing by implementing a system of barcodes and QR codes to determine how much customers can buy as the Middle East war accelerates fears ...

Amid the recent arrest of seven foreign nationals, including six Ukrainians and a U.S. citizen, who allegedly had illegally crossed into Myanmar via Mizoram to train armed ethnic groups in weapons ...

March 27 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military leadership is set for a reshuffle following an annual armed forces parade on Friday, state media reported, in a rare public signaling of transition by the ...

NEW DELHI: Red flags were raised as early as 2024, when intelligence officials in Mizoram flagged a surge in “unusual Western visitors” with no apparent tourism purpose moving through a region already ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar – More than 500 Myanmar opposition guerrillas surrendered to the junta, the military said on March 19, with AFP journalists witnessing a disarming ceremony that one resistance ...

Myanmar's parliament ⁠will ⁠start the process to elect a new president on March 30, officials said on Friday, a vote many analysts expect ‌will be won by the head of the junta that seized power in a ...

Military chief Min Aung Hlaing (center) visits a polling station during the third and final phase of Myanmar's general election in Mandalay on January 25, 2026. ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP Myanmar's ...