The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Myanmar’s military-backed party has won the recent election, according to final official figures

Among the five Bai mafia family members sentenced to death, clan's patriarch already died of illness

The Ming family for years exerted near-total control over Laukkaing, a town in northern Myanmar’s Shan State

Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar industry

Eleven members of the powerful Ming family, involved in large-scale scam centers and gambling operations in Myanmar, have been executed in China. Sentenced for crimes including homicide and fraud, their downfall signifies a major outcome of China's crackdown on cross-border criminal networks. The family's operations generated billions and led to…

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats are holding their first major meeting in the central Philippine city of Cebu under growing pressure to beat a deadline to conclude talks on a nonaggression pact with China this year and push a peace plan that has so far failed to end Myanmar’s civil war

Five years ago, on February 1 2021, Myanmar’s top generals decapitated the elected government. Democratic leaders were arrested, pushed underground or forced into exile.

A global crackdown on human traffickers and migrant smugglers coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects and aided over 4,400 potential trafficking victims around the world

Amnesty International says Myanmar's military is using evasive tactics to import aviation fuel for air attacks in its civil war