Update 2:20 p.m. ET March 28: President Donald Trump, during an afternoon press briefing, said that the U.S. will help Myanmar. “We’re going to be helping. I’ve already alerted the people,” he said.

Thousands of people are feared dead after powerful earthquakes shook large areas of war-torn Myanmar and left a path of destruction as far afield as Bangkok. The quakes brought down a 30-storey ...

The ruby is now the second-largest found in Myanmar ...

Maung Nu Sein needs fuel to plough and fertilizer to nourish his rice as planting season approaches. But the ships carrying ...

BANGKOK — The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar climbed to more than 2,700 Tuesday, as the scale of the destruction in the isolated, war-torn Southeast Asian nation became clearer.

Since Myanmar’s military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government in 2021, it has ruled with devastating violence. Junta forces have bombed civilians in a bid to suppress rebellious ...

Amnesties typically take place in Myanmar each year to mark its Independence Day in January and its New Year in April. Myanmar's new President, Min Aung Hlaing, has approved an amnesty for 4,335 ...

More than 4,500 prisoners in Myanmar have been granted amnesty and others have had their sentences reduced under a pardon order by President Min Aung Hlaing to mark the traditional new year, state-run ...

The country’s conflict is not forgotten, but has suffered from a perception of irrelevance compared to other unfolding crises. Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing takes part in an event marking the ...