Myanmar

At a public hearing hosted by the country's national human rights institution this week, local and regional activists called for greater action to address the intensifying crisis.

Last year saw East and Southeast Asian governments seize 190 tons of methamphetamine, the largest amount ever recorded in a single year.

Horror tales from inside Myanmar’s cyber-scam cities.

Like much else, the country's normally raucous new year festivities have become a political battleground since the 2021 coup.

The U.N.'s human rights office says that tens of thousands have been forcibly displaced in what one expert described as a "hate-driven unnatural disaster."

In November 2019, the Gambia initiated proceedings against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice. More than four years later, the process drags on.

According to a media report, the military has formed a new committee for the Myitsone hydropower project, which was suspended in 2011.

Anti-regime forces expected to focus on Yangon during the upcoming rainy season.

Rights groups have accused the Arakan Army of displacing tens of thousands of Rohingya civilians during its seizure of the town of Buthidaung.

Alounkeo Kittikhoun and Min Aung Hlaing discussed Myanmar's representation within ASEAN and the bloc’s provision of humanitarian aid to the country.

Calm has returned to the Thai border after fighting last month. But some sources say the military is gearing up for a major counteroffensive on Myawaddy.

“Without heroin and meth, the state probably wouldn’t exist, and the Wa would be one more indigenous people preyed upon by Myanmar’s military.”