Members of the Chin ethnic minority in Myanmar—90 percent of whom profess Christianity—are fighting each other.

Cadets of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) preparing for military drills at the group’s headquarters in Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, October 2016. Credit: Paul Vrieze (VOA) An American businessman ...

YANGON: Amid growing repression of religious heritage, Myanmar’s State Peace and Security Commission, its military junta, is pushing ahead with a plan to demolish the historic Catholic Sacred Heart ...

A Catholic bishop in civil war-torn Myanmar voiced hope that “everyone will do their part” to rebuild a church destroyed in his diocese during a military junta airstrike against rebel groups. Bishop ...

As Myanmar’s military junta fails to regain control of the country, the Trump administration should move toward recognizing the determined opposition. As President Trump finalizes tariff agreements in ...

UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar is on “a path to self-destruction” if violence in the conflict-wracked Southeast Asian nation doesn’t end, the U.N. envoy warned on Tuesday. Julie Bishop told the U.N. General ...

Copyright © AFP 2017-2025. Any commercial use of this content requires a subscription. Click here to find out more. After local media in Myanmar reported that anti ...

At the conference, held under the theme ‘Survival of Independent Media in Times of Crisis,’ participants reviewed and proposed amendments to recommendations for drafting media laws based on grassroots ...

The death toll continues to rise after a deadly earthquake rattled most of Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, with certain areas sustaining the heaviest damages in each country. Along with flattened ...

1,007 people have been found dead following the Myanmar earthquake on Friday, March 28 More than 1,000 people have died following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and nearby Thailand on Friday, ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle ...