An opium poppy farm in Pekon Township in Shan State, Myanmar, in November.Credit...Adam Ferguson for The New York Times Supported by By Hannah Beech Reporting from Shan and Karen states in Myanmar ...

Jan 1 - Myanmar said its 2024 census found a population of 51.3 million, slightly smaller than 10 years ago, as the junta prepares for promised elections amid ongoing conflict and unrest across ...

There are even reports that the Arakan Army now commands areas inside Bangladesh. In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army, the ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military government is tightening its monitoring of remittances by migrant workers overseas, both to secure foreign currency and to allay money laundering concerns that ...

Jan 1 (Reuters) - Myanmar said its 2024 census found a population ... Iranian wanted by US 4:32 PM UTC · Updated ago Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government has suffered a series of setbacks in the armed campaign against the military government as other rebel groups seek dialogue with the ...

YANGON: More than 450 Japanese companies will recruit 1600 Myanmar workers, according to a statement released by Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo. The embassy has carried out timely verifications of ...

in June said companies registered in Thailand had used Thai banks to transfer funds for weapons and related military materials for Myanmar worth $120 million in the 2023 fiscal year, compared with ...

(Bloomberg) -- Thai authorities said they found no evidence to support United Nations claims that some banks in the country helped Myanmar’s junta buy military supplies in 2023. The Bank of ...

YANGON: Myanmar's Yangon Region Investment Committee has approved 60 investment projects for 2024, which will create 29,290 job opportunities, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Sunday ...