Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets that turn power into motion. So-called heavy rare earths are used ...

Myanmar’s military government has imposed harsh new penalties for protesting its planned election, with critics potentially ...

Opposition groups and international monitors have called the poll a ploy to legitimise the junta’s rule. Read more at ...

The recent death of activist Wut Yee Aung is just the latest example of the junta’s deliberate—and deadly—neglect of injured ...

Anyone who commits an offence under the new law could face five to 10 years in prison, or even the death penalty.

The bombed hospital in Kanbalu Township was a refuge for displaced people and other civilians unwilling to risk seeking ...

The United States lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals on Thursday, two weeks after ...

Predominantly Christian Hpakant is a key battleground because of its economic and strategic importance, observers say ...

At least six people, including a child, were killed and seven injured in a military airstrike on Kutkai township in Shan state of northern Myanmar, says the rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army ...

YANGON: Myanmar is taking a big step toward sustainable agriculture as the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) initiates the use of ...

Myanmar’s junta has cut off food to Rohingya in squalid camps. Those in Bangladesh try to flee by boat. In Myanmar’s troubled ...

The junta would be nothing without Chinese aid on every front, and yet it remains suspicious of Beijing and unable or ...