The agreement between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army came after months of Chinese pressure to return to political dialogue.

Four years after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals are holding on but fighting an increasingly dire battle for survival, ...

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar's military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country's ...

and strategic towns and cities along the Chinese border in Shan state in northeastern Myanmar. In August this year, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, another force in the rebel ...

The peace deal comes into effect on the weekend but experts aren't convinced it will lead to hostilities easing across the war-torn country.

As a harbinger of US foreign policy directions, President Trump's sudden suspension of US$45 million (4.9 billion baht) for ...

In late October 2023, a coalition of three ethnic armed groups in Shan State launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta, posing the strongest challenge to its rule since ...

The political landscape has been impacted by the rebel group Arakan Army (AA), which has defeated the military junta and taken control of the Western Command Headquarters in Rakhine State. With this ...

As fighting from northern Shan State spills over into Mandalay Region, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing’s alma mater in Pyin Oo Lwin is no longer safe from attack.

The military previously held live-fire drills ... told Min Aung Hlaing that China opposes the attacks in Shan state, according to Myanmar state television. China’s top diplomat also expressed ...