The badges are distinctive symbols or emblems used to visually identify a military organization and foster the pride and continuity necessary for operational effectiveness.

Myanmar on Saturday marked four years since the coup that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, with the junta extending a state of emergency the previous day amid an expanding ...

After introducing a “Government” badge last year, the Google Play Store is adding one called “Verified” for consumer-facing VPN apps. Google Play already highlights VPNs that have an ...

Google Play is rolling out “Verified” badges for select VPN apps to make it easier for users to find trust services. Apps with the badge prioritize user privacy and safety, Google said in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this image provided by the Royal Thai Police, Chinese actor Wang Xing, right, talks with Thai police ...

Myanmar’s military council approved amendments to the country’s conscription law last Friday that prohibit anyone eligible for military service from going abroad without prior permission. Myanmar Now ...

Facebook is banned in Myanmar but people inside the country use virtual private networks to bypass the prohibition. On Oct. 7, Nay Soe Maung posted a Facebook condolence message over the death of ...

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing has thanked China for its firm support for his country's peaceful and stable development. Myanmar's leader made the ...

Her badge, the Pilgrimage of Hope ... water from a well, or even a piece of cloth or a statue that touched Christ’s tomb. A sixth-century painted box now in the Vatican contains bits of soil ...

Reports of Chinese citizens trafficked into scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border are prompting renewed questions about Beijing’s reliance on Myanmar’s military regime to tackle ...

For Myanmar’s people, year four under military junta rule has only brought more death, displacement and despair, as their troubled homeland is torn further apart by a seemingly intractable civil ...

This article was originally published on January 7, 2025, on The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar that has been exiled in Thailand since the military coup in 2021. An edited version ...