United States and other foreign donor cutbacks in humanitarian aid have worsened the already existing education crisis for ...

An impressive delegation accompanied the prime minister from Myanmar to the Belarusian capital city. In addition to taking part in the Eurasian Economic Forum Min Aung Hlaing is expected to visit a ...

Thailand is facing one of its most serious environmental crises as toxic pollution from rare earth mining in Myanmar’s Shan State contaminates the Kok and Sai rivers. Arsenic levels far exceed safety ...

Heckler & Koch firearms have played an unheralded and destructive role in the civil wars that have consumed the country since ...

"JFM welcomes Malaysian police and anti-corruption commission investigations into former deputy minister over cyber scam park" 29 August 2024 At a press conference today, Malaysian Inspector-General ...

Massively popular theme park closes iconic attractions, and fans aren’t happy Published: Jun. 10, 2025, 5:00 a.m. The closure of these attractions will make way for something completely new.

UNITED NATIONS – Myanmar is on “a path to self-destruction” if violence in the conflict-wracked Southeast Asian nation doesn’t end, the U.N. envoy warned on Tuesday. Julie Bishop told the ...

This article by Zung Ring was originally published on May 27, 2025, on The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar that has been exiled in Thailand since the military coup in 2021.An edited ...

Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water.

Western countries have mostly disengaged from Myanmar’s struggle for democracy. But since a military junta seized power four years ago, China has stepped up its activities in the country.

Former Brig. Gen. Cho Tun Aung, 68, was shot outside his home in Mayangon township, in Yangon, the country's biggest city, on May 22.