Explore Asia’s magical floating markets from Thailand to Vietnam. Discover hidden gems, street food, and unique local ...

Floating markets are the beating heart of many Asian communities, offering a feast for the senses with colourful cuisines, ...

1, 2021, the revolution that began with peaceful demonstrations has escalated into a full-blown armed struggle, now about to end its fourth year. The landscape of Myanmar’s conflict has dramatically ...

The armed wing of the long-established, powerful ethnic national organisation Karen National Union (KNU) has been battling a breakaway group near the city of Dawei in Myanmar’s southernmost region ...

The recent abduction of a Chinese TV actor to Myanmar and his subsequent release is shedding new light on the lengths to which human traffickers operating online scam centers in the war-torn ...

Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme of this blog over the years. This is a mining area on an epic scale, but it is also a true wild west, with poor ...

Collin J. Meisel receives funding from the U.S. government, but the results and views expressed here are his own and do not represent the views of the USG. With major conflicts in Africa, the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BANGKOK (AP) — An overnight landslide ...

Chinese transnational criminal syndicates reportedly exploit this area with support from local armed groups, including Myanmar’s Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), previously known as the ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- U.S. authorities placed Myanmar mobile carrier Mytel on a sanctions roster due to its financial ties to the country's military. The U.S. Commerce Department added Mytel to its ...

Malaysia turns back boats carrying 300 Myanmar migrants Authorities gave the migrants food supplies and clean drinking water after the boats were discovered on Friday two nautical miles southwest off ...

Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) on patrol in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union ...