Four years ago today, a military junta in Myanmar seized power from the country's democratically elected government. They sent tanks into the streets and detained the country's president, as well as ...
BANGKOK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to ...
The Arakan Army in Myanmar has admitted its members killed two prisoners of war. A spokesman for the armed group says it has punished those involved and doesn't condone the actions. A Myanmar ...
About 1 million Rohingya, who are predominantly Muslim, are in camps in Bangladesh after leaving Myanmar. They include about 740,000 who fled a brutal “clearance campaign” in 2017 by Myanmar ...
Four years after a coup, Myanmar remains in a civil war, driving thousands to seek refuge in Thailand, where they struggle to survive with little hope of returning home Fleeing the economic ruin that ...
Take the case of Myanmar, considered one of the least free countries in the world. The American nonprofit Freedom House gives Myanmar a score of nine out of 100 on the Global Freedom Index and ...
“This was the first time it felt like I was at a place where I was wanted and welcomed,” said the former foster youth, now 25. He grew up primarily with his grandmother, but Ballantyne said ...
In Myanmar, ongoing conflict, economic crisis and conscription are stripping young people of career opportunities-and sending many abroad. Stay or go: Myanmar youth in limbo | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Vendors selling groceries wait for customers at a local market Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar ...
Rural children and those from poorer households have been disproportionately affected, leading to a massive loss of “human capital” and a bleak future for Myanmar’s youth. Catholic nuns have ...
A golf club in Middleton is set to get a new clubhouse and build 56 homes where the old one currently stands. North Manchester Golf Club has been given permission to bulldoze its current clubhouse ...
House prices rose slightly in 2024, but hopes of a significant market uplift were largely delayed by stubbornly high mortgage rates. The latest data from the Land Registry shows an annual rise of 3.3% ...