Myanmar’s planned late-December elections are unfolding in what UN rights officials describe as an atmosphere of fear, ...

Myanmar's opium poppy cultivation has risen to its highest level in a decade from 45,200 hectares to 53,100 hectares - an ...

Meth production and opium poppy cultivation are growing and expanding in Myanmar, according to the UN, with many armed groups using the profits to buy weapons.New data on opium and methamphetamine ...

Since the start of 2025, Myanmar authorities have arrested 12,468 foreign nationals in connection with fraud and illegal ...

Myanmar banknotes are seen during an illegal exchange inside a house in Yangon (Reuters) -As Myanmar's economic slump deepens after February's military coup and parts of its financial system freeze up ...

Zing Sung, 41, a store owner in Indianapolis says her relatives in Myanmar are affected by an ongoing civil war and Trump's ...

The elections are a clear attempt by the regime to gain legitimacy and sideline the government in exile. But they open the ...

The Trump administration announced on Monday that it was ending temporary protections shielding immigrants from Myanmar from ...

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s currency has lost more than 60% of its value since the beginning of September, driving up food and fuel prices in an economy that has tanked since a military coup eight months ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — Foreign business groups in Myanmar have raised concerns about new rules requiring businesses and individuals to convert all foreign currency held in bank accounts into the local ...

Early efforts by Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) to issue a U.S. dollar-backed cryptocurrency have failed. They should try again, and harder: economic independence would further ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-led administration has agreed to accept Thai baht as an official currency in border trade dealings and plans a similar arrangement for use of India’s rupee, seeking ...