A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the ...

The British legal system is being used to deliver a blow to democracy in Myanmar, writes Christopher Gunness. It’s now up to ...

A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the ...

Authorities say arsenic levels in the Kok Thai river now exceed safety limits, sparking fears of ecological disaster Dangerous levels of arsenic in a northern Thai river contaminated by chemicals used ...

Myanmar has experienced four years of brutal civil war. Then in March, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s center ...

New report details harrowing plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners, including the country’s democratically ...

Myanmar's rebels surrendered the strategic city of Lashio to pressure from China, which moved in to secure its economic ...

Myanmar authorities have arrested 16 people including a six-year-old girl over the assassination of a retired general shot ...

The British Foreign Office told CBS News that the United Kingdom pledged 10 million pounds, or about $12 million, to help deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Myanmar, focusing support on the ...

In 1784, the Konbaung dynasty of the kingdom of Burma—a Buddhist realm dominated by the Bamar ethnic group, which today makes up 68 percent of Myanmar’s population—conquered Arakan.

to Myanmar, as well as tents, food and logistical supplies. The United Kingdom has announced a package of up to £10 million ($12.9 million) in emergency aid, geared towards food and water ...

A few kilometers away across the border, locals and officials in Thailand believe toxic waste is washing downstream from the ...