The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are wary Five years after Myanmar’s junta ousted the country’s last elected government, triggering a civil war, ...

YANGON – In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast. A rebel offensive had swept down from the Chinese border and was threatening Mandalay, the country’s second-largest ...

Myanmar’s economy will contract this year amid civil war and ongoing drag from a March earthquake, according to the World Bank, which sees growth also constrained by weak domestic demand, labor ...

Myanmar’s military rulers have pardoned or dropped charges against 8,665 people locked up for opposing the army rule as the country prepares for next month’s elections, according to state media. The ...

Since the February 2021 coup that returned the centre of Myanmar to military rule, much debate has revolved around whether the military junta might collapse. The question has been whether the exiled ...

Myanmar’s junta is organising elections for late 2025 or early 2026, but conflict, repression and irregularities undermine any chance of credibility. The Union Election Commission lacks transparency, ...

We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in the context of the upcoming summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the East Asia Summit, and associated ASEAN partner summits, ...

GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Thursday completed a three-day visit to Myanmar, where he witnessed the grave consequences of unrelenting violence and conflict that have ...

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WASHINGTON/BANGKOK, July 28 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has heard competing proposals that would significantly alter longstanding U.S. policy toward Myanmar, with the aim of diverting its ...

With the rise of AI assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Gemini, we’re all now well used to talking to our gadgets. But what you might not realize is that you can actually talk to type anywhere that a ...

Hey, PCWorld readers! Windows 11 has a bunch of hidden features that I consider unrealized gems — utilities and tools that aren’t widely used, but when Windows users do discover them, most are duly ...