Massive gemstone find: An 11,000-carat ruby weighing 2.2 kg was discovered in Mogok, Myanmar, making it the nation’s second-largest ruby ever found. Quality over size: Despite being smaller than a ...

Two murders in Chiang Mai, helicopter crash, child trafficking, wage struggles, and scam victims repatriated from Cambodia.

Despite adopting a civilian façade after widely criticized elections, the regime is continuing the crackdown on independent ...

On Friday, authorities in Myanmar released the country’s ousted president Win Myint as part of a mass prisoner amnesty, while reducing the prison sentence of imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

A little more than a year ago, the government’s military was on the back foot in Myanmar’s bloody civil war, pushed out of ...

IRVINE, Calif.—Allied Universal announced that its chief security officer, retired U.S. Army Major General William J. Walker, has been named to the Government Executive 2026 Hall of Fame, recognizing ...

BRUSSELS, April 27 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday extended its sanctions against Myanmar until at least May 2027, in an effort to maintain pressure on the country's military rulers more than ...

April 17 (Reuters) - Myanmar's new President Min Aung Hlaing has approved an amnesty for 4,335 prisoners, state television reported on Friday, the third such move in the past six months. The names of ...

U Win Myint is a close ally of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader. Both were forced from power by the military in a 2021 coup and imprisoned. By Richard C. Paddock Myanmar’s ousted ...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order Thursday to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The order shifts the designation of licensed medical marijuana ...

Among the cruel ironies of the Myanmar civil war, now in its sixth year, is that for an army that is struggling to conscript soldiers, the Myanmar junta has repeatedly bombed its own troops held as ...

The country’s conflict is not forgotten, but has suffered from a perception of irrelevance compared to other unfolding crises. Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing takes part in an event marking the ...