Myanmar’s military rule is crippling hope for young people like never before
In February 2024, Myanmar’s junta declared mandatory military service for men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27. Those ...
India Today on MSN21h
Fields of despair: How war is turning Myanmar into world's opium capital
Caught between conflict and survival, Myanmar's displaced communities are turning to poppy farming, fuelling a booming opium ...
Myanmar resistance group admits responsibility for killing of Buddhist monk it accused of army ties
A local resistance group fighting against the military government in Myanmar has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country’s eastern regi ...
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Bago Rising: Emergence of Third Front Threatens Junta’s Hold on Myanmar
Caught between ethnic offensives in the east and west, the regime now faces a growing threat at its industrial-military core.
Agence France-Presse on MSN2d
What we know about the Myanmar junta's promise of elections
Myanmar's military junta has announced plans for elections in December or January -- scheduling the first poll since it ...
Asia Society3d
Sean Turnell on Surviving Myanmar’s Notorious Prisons and the Economic Future of the Civil War
The former economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi shares his experience in detention after the 2021 coup and discusses Myanmar’s economic challenges and potential international solutions.
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Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...