Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs with massive drug-burning ceremonies taking place in cities like Yangon, Mandalay, and Taunggyi.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Officials in Myanmar's major cities destroyed about $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs Thursday. The destroyed drugs included opium, heroin, methamphetamine ...

Myanmar accounted for about 57% of China’s total rare earth imports last year, Gracelin Baskaran, director of the Critical Minerals Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International ...

Myanmar is on "a path to self-destruction" if violence in the conflict-wracked Southeast Asian nation doesn't end, the UN envoy has warned.

Atle Høie general secretary of trade union IndustriALL said: “The adoption of Article 33 is sending a powerful message to Myanmar’s military junta: the world will not stay silent in the face of ...

One month after Myanmar's earthquake In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, an IRC needs assessment revealed a dire humanitarian crisis, with the hardest-hit areas—including Mandalay, Sagaing, ...

In Myanmar, rescue efforts so far are focused on the major stricken cities of Mandalay, the country's No. 2 city, and Naypyitaw, the capital.

BANGKOK — The death toll from a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen sharply to over 1,000, with fears it could climb much higher, state-run MRTV reported Saturday, as rescuers ...

Myanmar and Thailand earthquake: Rescuers work at the site of a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangkok. Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP ...

Myanmar’s long isolation and its internal instability are likely to complicate the global humanitarian aid response to the earthquake that struck on Friday, despite a rare plea for outside help ...

Images from Myanmar show buildings reduced to rubble, cracked roads and collapsed bridges. A section of a mosque toppled in the town of Tuangoo, killing at least three people. In the town of Aung ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country ...