A junta transport minister-led delegation to Moscow pitched Myanmar’s ports and railways as a gateway for Russian goods amid deepening ties with the Putin regime.

Since the coup, Myanmar's junta has arrested over 29,000 people, including more than 6,000 women and 600 children, according to the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners, an activist group.

Myanmar authorities have arrested 16 people including a six-year-old girl over the assassination of a retired general shot dead in Yangon last month, state media said.

Southern Shan State, Myanmar – Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each hand like a human weighing scales.

YANGON, June 12, 2025 — Myanmar has been severely impacted by the March earthquake, and the economic aftershocks are compounding ongoing challenges faced by firms and households, according to a new ...

Myanmar's junta and anti-coup guerillas battled over the country's jade mining hub Friday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied for supplies of the precious stone.

This blockage has led to widespread waterlogging across the port area, they said. "This is the country's largest land port, and the government earns nearly Tk 10,000 crore in annual revenue from here.

Job opportunities at the Port of Los Angeles are dwindling as President Trump’s steep tariffs take a hit on global trade and a major economic engine for the regional economy. Nearly half of the ...

Myanmar's civil war: According to the report, a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) says that Rohingya rebel groups have stopped the years-long war to control refugee camps in ...

Janes is certain that conflict along the China-Myanmar border has led to disruptions in border trade with both China and the NSAGs enforcing embargoes to gain leverage over each other. For example ...

Students of the Women’s Empowerment School run by the Karenni Women’s Association (KNWO) take part in a graduation ceremony on the border between Thailand and Myanmar’s Karenni State, March ...

Russia has been building closer ties with Myanmar’s military junta, which seized power in 2021 by toppling the elected government of Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi ...