This article by Kyaw Zwa Moe was originally published in The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement ...

YANGON: The new generation plays a crucial role in preserving the almost extinct art of Myanmar puppetry, known as Yoke The, said U Shwe Kyi, a 73-year-old who has devoted over 30 years of his ...

YANGON - A group of Russian navy ships arrived in war-torn Myanmar to join maritime exercises with the ruling junta’s navy, Myanmar state media said on Oct 21. Four corvettes and a logistics ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime's military with rapid gains of ...

YANGON, Myanmar — A group of Russian navy ships arrived in conflict-torn Myanmar to join maritime exercises with the military government's navy, the country's state media reported on Monday. Four ...

VIENTIANE: Myanmar has sent a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years as the ruling junta struggles to quell a civil war. Its Foreign Secretary Aung Kyaw ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Seven people are confirmed dead and more than 30 are missing after a boat whose passengers included villagers fleeing from fighting in Myanmar capsized in the Andaman Sea ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese Consulate in Myanmar’s second-largest city has been slightly damaged by an explosive device, but there were no casualties, the military, independent media and a city ...

On the agenda: How to break the impasse in Myanmar, where fighting between the military and pro-democracy forces is intensifying. Myanmar sent a representative to the summit for the first time in ...

Myanmar has sent a representative to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for the first time in around three years. Delegates at the 3-day series of meetings that started on ...

A US delegation led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise concerns with Asian leaders over growing South China Sea tensions and the civil war in Myanmar at a regional summit in Laos.