By Larissa Liao, Kevin Krolicki and Poppy McPherson BEIJING/BANGKOK (Reuters) - The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star.

Accused of extrajudicial killings and waves of violence against opponents of the junta, the militia has been forcing civilians to join its ranks.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to discuss Myanmar conflict and regional issues with Indian officials during official visit.

Trump may care little about Myanmar, but a robust U.S. foreign-policy infrastructure means the generals in Naypyitaw have nothing to celebrate, Scot Marciel tells The Irrawaddy.

The National Unity Government must be honest with the public about what the recent arrest warrant application does – and does not – entail.

A Myanmar rebel group said on Friday its members beheaded two prisoners in a rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling junta to maintain control of the country's western borderlands.

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast.

Ni Burmese will host its soft opening this weekend at 2160 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. with dinner hours on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 4 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 26 from 4 to 7 p.m.

The crisis in Myanmar has posed serious challenges both within and outside the country, Sugiono said, while also appealing for foreign partners to channel assistance through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Center).

The agreement between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army came after months of Chinese pressure to return to political dialogue.

The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) says it stands ready to work with security authorities to stop supplying power from Thailand to border towns in Myanmar in order to cripple the operations of scammers in the neighbouring country.

The Myanmar Armed Forces' Directorate of Drone Warfare has begun deploying a new, indigenously manufactured one-way unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) across