US-Myanmar relations have long been defined by acrimony. Recent developments in American energy and mineral policy provide an alternative path forward. The new minerals race compels Washington to seek ...

MYEIK, MYANMAR — Overlooking the coastline where adolescents on boat decks swing baskets of fish, lobster, and oysters ashore, there is a statue that speaks to Myanmar’s guided national struggle.

YANGON, Myanmar — Few complaints can be aired openly in Yangon. Myanmar’s military generals administer the city watchfully. Informants lurk in tea shops and on tuk-tuks. Chinese-made surveillance ...

With the third phase of Myanmar’s multi-stage election that finished on 25 January, its military junta wants a positive start to 2026. The junta’s goals over the coming months are to reassure fellow ...

A human rights group representing the Chin ethnic minority last month submitted a legal complaint in Dili accusing the military of a litany of abuses. Legal authorities in Timor-Leste have initiated ...

The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many urbanites have become desperate. The downtown of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city ...

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta will form a new entity to oversee both the military and civilian administration, a move experts say will allow paramount ruler Min Aung Hlaing to become president ...

A proxy party for Myanmar’s junta was declared the “landslide” winner of elections that were derided as illegitimate by the United Nations and others, helping the military keep its grip on the ...

Associate Professor Emma Palmer is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Australian Discovery Early Career Award (project number DE250100597) funded by the Australian Government. The views ...

On the last day of January 2021, Ma Zar Zar Win was busy selling cosmetic and beauty products to customers at her shop in Botahtaung Township in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city and former capital. The ...

Inside the world’s most expensive yachts are interiors and deckings made out of teak, a tropical hardwood that is desired both for its resistance to water and rot, and for the fact that it has become ...