The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now ...

Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar ...

The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more ...

After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing ...

Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military. A pickup truck with ...

On any given day, the Thai side of the Moei River is bustling with traders loading hundreds of boxes onto small boats or rafts that cross the narrow stretch of water to Myanmar’s southeastern Kayin ...

Local politicians in a border region known for its frequent outbreaks of violence hope to transform it into the “next Macau”, but will have to overcome instability, politics and corruption to achieve ...

Over the past month, rising tensions between the Tatmadaw and the Kayin State Border Guard Force over the latter’s business dealings have shaken Kayin State’s fragile political and conflict landscape.

Despite rising financial pressures to supply weapons and provide public services in its territory, the KIO cancelled a major business deal in response to protests from local communities trying to ...

Communities in Yangon live surrounded by garbage – blocking doorsteps, piling up in front of windows and clogging water systems. While much of this waste is homegrown, some of it was shipped halfway ...

As China steps up measures to protect its citizens, an industry dependent on human trafficking and forced labour is adapting by targeting new groups – with a focus on English speakers. This article ...

As worsening power cuts push businesses to use solar energy, import and foreign currency restrictions and corruption in the customs department slow down growth in the off-grid sector, while the regime ...