Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s biggest city is fraught with anxiety ...

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy ...

YANGON, Myanmar, December 29 (UNHCR) - In a place where jobs are scarce and social mores discourage women from working outside the home the opportunity to learn a new skill and contribute to the ...

Women and gendered minorities in Myanmar are experiencing devastating impacts on their health as the military tightens control on the country’s healthcare system. Without proper access to health ...

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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly ...

STORY: The aftermath of an artillery strike. At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in the attack on a refugee camp near the border with China. The strike was one of ...

Armed anti-junta groups are using the same tactic to keep people away. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

At least 550 people have been killed by Myanmar’s military in the aftermath of a coup which overthrew the elected government on February 1, according to the Assistance Association for Political ...

The Myanmar military fears menstrual blood. The troops believe that passing under clothing that has touched women’s private parts will sap hpoun — their spiritual energy — to destroy their luck, ...