In February 2024, Myanmar’s junta declared mandatory military service for men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27. Those ...

With the civil war showing no sign of ending, the country’s economic prospects will remain “bleak” in 2025-26.

"I made up my mind that I had to do it because I had already taken their money." He adds that he "chose this desperate way" as he was struggling with debt and medical bills for his wife. Unemployment ...

BANGKOK--An order by Myanmar’s central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be converted into the local currency has many in the military-ruled country worried over potential losses.

The junta wants to wipe the slate clean by winding up the joint-venture company that used to oversee the ill-fated port project and start all over with Russian investors.

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A 23 year old Myanmar national, Pai Aung Chit, admitted to killing his friend, 30 year old factory worker, Zaza, over a 5,000 baht debt.

Their nightmare was supposed to be over. Last month, a dramatic and highly publicized operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with journalist Jan Camenzind Broomby about the thousands of people who are stuck in limbo after being caught in online scam centers in Myanmar but who can't return home.

SINGAPORE - A woman has admitted in court that she did not know the sources of hundreds of millions of dollars that were transferred to her firm’s three corporate bank accounts.