YANGON, Myanmar — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of thanakha, ...

If World War I was allegedly fought “to make the world safe for democracy,” World War II seems to have made the world “safe” for socialism, as socialist regimes ...

This is an opinion editorial by Win Ko Ko Aung, a McCourt Scholar for Georgetown University’s Data Science for Public Policy program and a survivor of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. As the 2024 U.S.

Festival from Wednesday to Saturday (Feb 11-14) in Yangon to mark Union Day, which fell on Thursday, highlighting the ...

On Monday, the recently elected government in Myanmar was overthrown by the military. According to the Associated Press, Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has taken power in the ...

Women religious pray the Stations of the Cross while visiting the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Md., during the 2019 National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics. (Credit: ...

This is an opinion editorial by Win Ko Ko Aung, a McCourt Scholar for Georgetown University’s Data Science for Public Policy program and a survivor of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. The Biden ...

Pity Myanmar. Beautiful, yet long-suffering. Stocked with natural resources, yet dirt-poor. Appealing to tourists, yet beset by insurgencies and periods of authoritarian rule. Only a few years ago, ...

Myanmar’s traditional new year celebration, known as Thingyan, takes place over four-to-five days each April, marking the shift from the old year to the new, according to the lunisolar calendar. At ...

AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, July 31 (UNHCR) - When a group of 35 refugees from Myanmar flew to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport earlier this year, they had already been schooled in how to deal with the ...

IN THE OPENING scene of “Midwives”, Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s debut feature documentary, a young woman gives birth in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar. She is splayed out on a tarpaulin mat; an IV drip hangs ...