Kachin state hosts the largest jade deposits in the world according to geologists. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

YANGON—Myanmar’s deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving ...

The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number ...

YANGON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on Wednesday held a book launch event for "Voices from Paukphaw Hearts -- A Collection of Stories on the 75th Anniversary of the ...

To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in ...

Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 today. She should be nearing the end of her second term in ...

While Suu Kyi remains hugely popular in the majority Buddhist country, her status as a democracy icon abroad collapsed before the military takeover after she defended generals in their crackdown ...

The democratic icon, along with many other aging National League for Democracy figures, is suffering from ill health.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 struck Myanmar on Thursday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. As per the NCS, the earthquake happened at a shallow depth of 20km, making it ...

Catholics in civil war-hit Myanmar have expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for his call to peace in the Southeast Asian ...