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Myanmar’s detained ex-leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest

Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military...

Myanmar troops retreat as rebels declare control over key town

About 200 Myanmar military personnel withdrew to a bridge to Thailand on Thursday after a days-long assault by the anti-junta resistance, which declared it...

No bids as house of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi auctioned

YANGON: The lakeside mansion where Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent years under house arrest went under auction on Wednesday with a...

India says to end Myanmar free border movement

NEW DELHI: India's interior minister said Thursday that he had "recommended the immediate suspension" of a free movement border agreement with Myanmar, from where...

Myanmar ethnic minority fighters claim control of port town

BANGKOK: Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes...

Myanmar armed ethnic groups claim key northern town

BANGKOK: An armed ethnic alliance in Myanmar claimed late Friday to have taken a northern town notorious for online scamming compounds in another blow...

Myanmar pro-democracy fighters battle to take state capital

LOIKAW, Myanmar: Myanmar pro-democracy fighters in a battered pickup truck drive past abandoned and bombed-out houses in the eastern city of Loikaw, on their...

Myanmar armed group seizes China-Myanmar border crossing

BANGKOK: An ethnic minority armed group in Myanmar has seized control from the country's ruling junta of a lucrative border crossing to China, local...

China urges Myanmar to ‘cooperate’ on border stability

BEIJING: A senior Chinese diplomat has urged Myanmar to "cooperate" in maintaining stability on their shared border, Beijing said Monday, after armed groups fighting...

95 arrested in Myanmar scam operation raids

YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar police arrested 95 people during raids this week on an online scam operation in the commercial hub of Yangon, authorities said. The...

Army strike kills 29 in Myanmar camp for displaced: rebels

BANGKOK: Twenty-nine people killed, and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for a...

At least 25 missing after Myanmar jade mine landslide

YANGON: At least 25 people are missing after a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote region of Myanmar, rescue workers said...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi pardoned in 5 cases: state media

YANGON: Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, though she still faces 14 others, state media...

Myanmar army postpones election promised after coup

CHIANG MAI: Myanmar's ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported on Monday...

Thai FM says met Myanmar’s Suu Kyi in first foreign envoy talks since coup

JAKARTA: Thailand's foreign minister said Wednesday he met with ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week and she was in good...

Rebels attacked Chinese convoy in Myanmar: junta

YANGON: The Myanmar junta on Saturday accused an armed ethnic group of attacking a vehicle convoy containing Chinese military personnel who were travelling to...

Myanmar port city cut off after deadly Cyclone Mocha

KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after a deadly cyclone...

Rohingya say they won’t return to Myanmar

DHAKA: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on Saturday they would not return to Myanmar to "be confined in camps" after making a visit to...

Myanmar junta to free 3,000 prisoners in Buddhist New Year amnesty

YANGON: Myanmar's junta on Monday began releasing more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, without specifying whether those jailed in its...

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, likely delaying polls

Myanmar's military authorities announced a six-month extension to a state of emergency on Wednesday, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by...

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