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A UN expert on Tuesday called on the international community to step up efforts for accountability in Myanmar, saying that decades of impunity have led the country to a human rights catastrophe. “Ending the crisis will require not only dismantling the military’s capacity to attack and oppress the people of Myanmar,
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as the country’s new president.
When Myanmar’s military seized power on the morning of February 1, 2021, tens of thousands of state workers immediately went on strike. These spontaneous strikes, which involved everyone from bureaucrats and medical workers at state hospitals to members ...
Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park. This combination of satellite image shows KK Park along Myanmar’s border with Thailand on Sept. 11, 2025, left, and Nov. 14, 2025.
China and Myanmar have pledged to expand trade and security ties, especially along their border, during talks in the Southeast Asian nation with its junta chief-turned-president and both countries' top diplomats,