Asean has struggled to implement a five-point peace plan previously agreed by all bloc leaders. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Malaysia's foreign minister Mohamad Hasan on Wednesday urged all parties in conflict-stricken Myanmar to create a conducive ...

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

As the rebels have gained ground, they have detained thousands of prisoners of war. Their enemy, the junta, keeps few ...

YANGON: A fire and explosion occurred on board a product tanker flying the Hong Kong flag, which had seven Myanmar seafarers ...

Thousands of drafted soldiers are being fed directly into key front-line conflicts in Shan, Mandalay and elsewhere, say ...

A man was killed and two people were injured in junta raids that began on Tuesday in Mandalay Region’s Nyaung-U Township, ...

Pawan Kalyan referred the matter to the Ministry of External Affairs, seeking the rescue of those held captive by human ...

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized 148.797 kg of heroin in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, the state-owned daily ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's leader has offered to dispatch a high-level tariff negotiation team to the U.S. if needed and asked for an easing of economic sanctions against his country in a letter ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

They’re shiny metals, can be hard to find and they’re essential to building high-tech equipment — from electric cars to fighter jets. “Rare earth metals” are dominated by one country: China. Once ...