The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain in 1948, when it was still called Burma.

Living in Min Kun, a small town in the military stronghold area of Sagaing, Ko Naing did not trust anyone enough to tell them of his plan – except his beloved Oo Oo ('uncle' in Burmese). "I told him I ...

The March 28 quake reduced much of the regime’s capital to rubble, exposing the rotten foundations of military rule.

More than 50 mosques across the country sustained damage when the magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck. Hundreds of Muslim ...

Myanmar’s military chief used a speech at the annual Armed Forces Day celebration to reaffirm plans to hold a general election by year’s end and call on opposition groups fighting the army to join in ...

More than 2,700 people have died in the quake which happened near Sagaing and Mandalay, Myanmar's second city. The death toll ...

Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s 2025 military and cabinet reshuffles bare striking resemblance to former leader Than Shwe’s exit strategy. But military defeats and the junta’s diminishing ...

And newbie dragon boat athletes Shwe Tun, Joy Chen, Maritza Texis, Tha Oo, and Say Htoo are starving. The five South Philadelphia teens are on an improbable journey to try and make the national ...

The situation in Myanmar was dire Saturday, according to a report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

"I was selling goods at the market in Sagaing city at the time," said the 41-year-old who lives in Bone Oh, about 15 kilometers from downtown Mandalay, the city nearest the epicenter of the disaster ...

The search for survivors has been mainly conducted by local residents, by hand. The World Health Organization called it a top-level emergency, as it sought $8 million to save lives and prevent disease ...