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In a country that is among the world's worst for press freedom, many remain committed to speaking truth to power

Earning US$12 to $14 a day, divers tolerate and even embrace the dangers of retrieving wrecked vessels from the bottom of the Yangon River to sell off the scrap

A meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday highlighted deteriorating conditions in the country three years into its ongoing post-coup civil war

A People’s Defence Force chapter in Tedim arrests five men for allegedly forcing locals to fill out military recruitment forms in their homes

The enforcement of compulsory service is proceeding on schedule, compelling young people unwilling to join the military to choose between prison, fleeing the country, or joining the armed resistance

Myanmar produced an estimated 1,080 metric tonnes of opium this year, according to the United Nations

As the military regime finds ways to target resistance supporters at home and abroad, Myanmar nationals in Singapore are discovering their passports are invalid when they try to travel internationally

Many of those made homeless were victims of ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, Ukraine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN refugee agency said

Electoral candidates contesting the 2020 general election have been informed by the Union Election Commission (UEC) they cannot campaign in Hpakant Township after the government invoked a ‘stay at home’ order to stop the coronavirus outbreak.

The Burma Army wants the Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/A) to eliminate two of its military camps in Kachin State.