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This year the countries will mark 78 years of diplomatic relations, but Myanmar people no longer feel their “old friend” is ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said Monday. The ceasefire ...

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 (EFE).- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) appointed Malaysian diplomat Tan Sri Othman Hashim as its new special envoy to Myanmar, the bloc said on Sunday ...

Lion dancers perform during a celebration of the upcoming Chinese New Year at a bazaar in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 18, 2025 (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe) Lion dancers perform during a celebration of the ...

Myanmar's military leaders have enacted a new cybersecurity law that analysts say will provide the junta with extensive control over access to information. The expansive law — which has 16 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of ...

The launch of the King Thalun marks a high point for shipbuilding in Myanmar. The Myanmar Navy has launched its new FF-135 frigate – and commissioned two new corvettes – in commemoration of its 77 th ...

An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State, Myanmar, in November.Credit...Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Supported by By Hannah Beech Reporting from Shan and Karen states in Myanmar ...

Myanmar's Arakan army challenges junta government: Is a new country going to emerge near India's... Naypyidaw: Myanmar has been in turmoil since the 2021 military coup that ousted the country’s ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government has suffered a series of setbacks in the armed campaign against the military government as other rebel groups seek dialogue with the ...

There are even reports that the Arakan Army now commands areas inside Bangladesh. In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army, the ...