Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

"She remains the single figure Myanmar’s military leaders fear most. No other politician has faced such repeated arrests, ...

For the first time in decades, European countries are discussing compulsory military service. The Ukraine-Russia war and the ongoing instability in the Middle East have renewed calls for increased ...

The junta’s recruitment of child soldiers has surged, Human Rights Watch said in a report on June 20, a significant number enlisted since it introduced mandatory military service. So far the military ...

Myanmar's ruling junta installed a conscription law last year. Young people are desperately trying to escape, but hope is ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called for the Myanmar military to stop the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Since the junta took over Myanmar in the 2021 coup, the recruitment and use of ...

The Myanmar military's recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number ...

China’s growing involvement in Myanmar’s civil war is propping up the regime for now, but Beijing underestimates the opposition’s resolve, fueling further instability.

Myanmar fashion supply chain scrutiny urged as ILO steps up pressure on military junta. The International Labour Conference (ILC) has implemented Article 33 of the ILO Constitution, intensifying ...

However, due to the military’s entrenched position within the state, a new military junta—the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), led by military Generals including Than Shwe—seized power ...

In recent years, people in Myanmar have endured a military coup, civil war, enforced conscription, aerial bombardment and a devastating earthquake.A new hardship landed Thursday morning, as ...

I n March a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar, in which 3,740 people died. And yet the earthquake is not the main humanitarian crisis in that troubled country. Since Myanmar’s military junta ...