The Myanmar junta’s recent air strikes on a hospital just days before a general election this month are aimed at securing more territory and “intimidating” voters while major powers look the other way ...

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say. People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in ...

Whenever high-profile non-binary activist Siufung Law did media interviews, journalists always asked: what pronoun would they like to use? For a long time, the Hong Kong native, who uses they/them ...

Election law criticized for silencing dissent, blocking scrutiny Group highlights misuse of law against journalists, artists and activists Upcoming elections amid civil war seen as sham by ...

The junta’s polls, which will be held in three phases starting on December 28, are intended to strengthen military rule by erecting a façade of civilian government. Supporters of Myanmar’s ...

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, ...

are being pilloried abroad and shunned at home, but neighbouring China has emerged as an enthusiastic backer of the pariah poll. International monitors have dismissed the vote starting on Dec 28 as a ...

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 ...

The Burmese military’s violent campaign to recapture land in Chin State displaces thousands. Show more The BBC has gained rare access to rebel-held parts of Myanmar, where thousands of civilians have ...

Some Burmese refugees who fled Chin state are now taking shelter across the border in India Late one night last month Iang Za Kim heard explosions in a neighbouring village, then fighter jets flying ...

Major Religions: Theravada Buddhism 87.9%, Christianity 6.2%, Islam 4.3%, Other 1.6% The first evidence of the Christian presence in Myanmar is traced to the 13th century -- Latin and Greek writings ...