BANGKOK — Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Burma’s military leader on Sunday declared himself prime minister and said he would lead the country under the extended state of ...

The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group based in Burma's Rakhine state, has seized Paletwa, a township bordering India and Bangladesh. The Arakan Army declared the Paletwa region a "Military ...

A Catholic diocese in Burma has ordered two priests to stop participating in politics and posting on social media against the country’s power structure and Church officials. The priests are staunch ...

On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed into law the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA 2023; P.L. 117–263). Included in the NDAA 2023 was a modified ...

MANDALAY, Burma -- Residents of Burma's second-biggest city helped striking railway workers move out of their state-supplied housing Saturday after the authorities said they would have to leave if ...

The sound of mortars and artillery shells is a constant across Burma’s ethnic states, and after nearly 80 years of war, the people have learned to endure. They can now gauge the distance of incoming ...

AFEW DAYS AGO, Thailand's prime minister returned from a visit to the neighboring totalitarian state of Burma and pronounced the detention there of Aung San Suu Kyi "reasonable." This would be the ...

by Burma military chief extends state of emergency until 2023 BANGKOK — Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Burma’s military leader on Sunday declared himself prime minister ...