Myanmar heads to the polls in December amidst a festering conflict, now running for five years. At home, the balance of power ...

(New York) – The United States, European Union, and other governments should urgently counter illicit activities by foreign banks that are assisting the Myanmar military in evading sanctions imposed ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world’s biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency report released Tuesday. The Southeast ...

The 2021 military coup in Myanmar has inflicted deep scars on the country's economy, pushing nearly half the population into poverty and erasing years of progress. Weak consumer demand, currency ...

BANGKOK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Australia is considering imposing sanctions on Myanmar as the security and human rights situation there deteriorates, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday. Speaking ...

(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta has increasingly carried out unlawful airstrikes harming civilians in its military operations against a coalition of opposition and ethnic armed groups, Human ...

The country’s conflict is also having a countervailing impact on average poppy yields, which “sharply decreased” in 2025.

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Myanmar’s opium production, along with heroin exports, have skyrocketed since the 2021 coup, as economic and social turmoil leaves many farmers with few alternatives. The military regime, along with ...

Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in conflict-ravaged Myanmar is creating an environmental calamity in neighboring Thailand. Unregulated activity led by Chinese enterprises in ...