Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the leader of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, have visited the Thai capital for diplomatic talks widely assumed to focus on effor ...

Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, along Mandalay and Sagaing regions were the hardest hit. The death toll in Myanmar surpassed ...

How the junta and dictator Min Aung Hlaing are leveraging the earthquake recovery period to legitimize brutal military rule.

“By any measurement, really, Myanmar is a failed state, but ultimately, I think some folks are saying it can't be called a ...

Cyclone Nargis, which struck the coast of Myanmar near the city of Yangon and ... including more than 16 air strikes since the military joined rebel groups in declaring a ceasefire to allow ...

Myanmar’s ruling junta has tried this tactic before. In 2008, a week after the deadly Cyclone Nargis killed more than 100,000 people in Myanmar, the military proceeded to hold a constitutional ...

Prime Minister Thein Sein visits cyclone-affected people in the Irrawaddy Delta region after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar in 2008 ... In return, the junta cracked down with brutal force—killing ...

From disasters to elections Myanmar’s ruling junta has tried this tactic before. In 2008, a week after the deadly cyclone Nargis killed ... People’s Defense Force and Bamar People’s ...

Post-Earthquake Ceasefires in Myanmar Offer Rare Opportunity for ... in the aftermath of past natural disasters, notably Cyclone Nargis in 2008, which killed more than 130,000 people, and Cyclone ...

Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading ...

Myanmar’s generals have a choice to make following the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Friday last week. They can repeat the mistakes of 17 years ago when they refused to allow in international help after ...