Asean has struggled to implement a five-point peace plan previously agreed by all bloc leaders. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Malaysia's foreign minister Mohamad Hasan on Wednesday urged all parties in conflict-stricken Myanmar to create a conducive ...

As the rebels have gained ground, they have detained thousands of prisoners of war. Their enemy, the junta, keeps few ...

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

Pawan Kalyan referred the matter to the Ministry of External Affairs, seeking the rescue of those held captive by human ...

YANGON: A fire and explosion occurred on board a product tanker flying the Hong Kong flag, which had seven Myanmar seafarers ...

A man was killed and two people were injured in junta raids that began on Tuesday in Mandalay Region’s Nyaung-U Township, ...

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized 148.797 kg of heroin in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, the state-owned daily ...

Thousands of drafted soldiers are being fed directly into key front-line conflicts in Shan, Mandalay and elsewhere, say ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

They’re shiny metals, can be hard to find and they’re essential to building high-tech equipment — from electric cars to fighter jets. “Rare earth metals” are dominated by one country: China. Once ...

Nearly $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs were destroyed in Myanmar's major cities on Thursday to mark the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, officials ...