YANGON, Myanmar — Security forces in Myanmar’s commercial capital are increasingly using late-night "guest list" inspections to extort money from residents and threaten them with forced military conscription, according to local monitoring groups. Reports from various townships in...

KYAUKPADAUNG, Myanmar — Severe fighting between the Myanmar military and local resistance forces has broken out along the highway connecting Kyaukpadaung and Nyaung-U, a strategic route near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bagan. The clashes, which began...

EXILE / ONLINE — The acting president of Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) has issued a stern call for unity, warning that internal friction during the current anti-junta revolution is "extremely ugly" and could jeopardize the nation's future....

By Ko Myo / MPA NAYPYIDAW — Khin Yi, the chairman of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), has been confirmed as the Speaker of Myanmar's Lower House in a session widely denounced as illegitimate by...

Prison authorities in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region have refused to hand over the body of a political prisoner to his family, opting instead to cremate the remains under their own supervision. Ko Win Myint Soe, who was serving a...

FALAM, Myanmar — A Myanmar military airstrike has killed three young men, including a 14-year-old boy, in a rural village in Chin State, as the ruling junta intensifies its aerial campaign against resistance strongholds. The attack occurred on...

Fleeing Junta Soldiers Killed as Resistance Forces Consolidate Gains in Southern Myanmar At least seven soldiers from the Myanmar military were killed on Thursday after resistance forces intercepted troops fleeing from a strategic base that fell earlier this...

Myanmar Junta Chief Vows to Escalate Air Campaign Using New Russian and Chinese Jets The leader of Myanmar’s military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has declared air power as the "key factor" in winning the country's ongoing...

The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Mizoram, Lalduhoma, has confirmed that the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP), a critical joint infrastructure venture between India and Myanmar, is now under the full control of the Arakan...

Four civilians, including two six-year-old children, have been killed after a Myanmar military unit used a low-flying "paramotor" (motorised glider) to drop bombs on a residential home in Shwegyin Township, Bago Region. The attack occurred shortly before 13:00...