In February 2024, Myanmar’s junta declared mandatory military service for men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27. Those who do not comply face up to five years in prison.

The $45 million diversity-focused program has so far provided 400 Burmese students—including Christian ethnic minorities—a chance to study away from conflict.

Myanmar's embattled junta has boosted its ties with Russia, which has been a longtime military backer. After the junta's leader met with Vladimir Putin, more high-tech drones could soon enter the ...

A local resistance group fighting against the military government in Myanmar has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country’s eastern regi ...

Myanmar's military junta has announced plans for elections in December or January -- scheduling the first poll since it ...

Activist groups are urging the United Nations to investigate its special envoy to Myanmar over possible conflicts of interest, after a report claimed her consulting company has ties to Chinese mining ...

The country's opiate economy — including the value of domestic consumption as well as exports abroad — is estimated to be ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with journalist Jan Camenzind Broomby about the thousands of people who are stuck in limbo after being caught in online scam centers in Myanmar but who can't return home.

Rohingya Muslims tell of their changing view of Aung San Suu Kyi, seeing her as one of their own – a victim of the military – as she languishes in solitary confinement. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’ ...

Min Aung Hlaing’s Moscow state visit drew laughs, yet behind the theatrics lies calculations designed to strengthen the junta ...