A Laytu Chin woman in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state: German photographer Jens Uwe Parkitny has been documenting the facial tattoos of ethnic Chin women since 2001. (Photo by Jens Uwe Parkitny)
Life

Photographer documents disappearing face tattoos of Myanmar's Chin women

Traditional practice is often misunderstood by Western observers who regard them as ugly

20 April 2024
A soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army, a prominent resistance group in Myanmar, patrols on April 15 in Myawaddy, in an area hit by an airstrike by Myanmar's military regime.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN calls for halt to violence on Thai-Myanmar border

Malaysian, Thai lawmakers seek inclusive talks, preparations for refugees

19 April 2024
One of Myanmar's four Russian-made Su-30 jet fighters was on display at Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw on March 27, 2023. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar regime sends Russian aircraft to bomb lost territory

MiG-29 jets and Mi-35 helicopter gunships operating along Thai border

19 April 2024
Former Myanmar President Win Myint, left, and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attend an event in Naypyitaw on Jan. 17, 2020. 
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly moved from jail to house arrest

Relocation seen as sign of appeasement amid increasing rebel attacks

17 April 2024
A girl chases a bird atop piles of dirty plastic waste washed up on Labuan Beach in western Java, Indonesia. Experts say much of the trash has been imported via "waste trafficking" from developed countries. (Photo by Dimas Ardian)
The Big Story

Southeast Asia's plastic tidal wave: Imported trash swamps region

From Indonesia to Myanmar, China's 2018 import ban fed an already critical domestic waste problem

17 April 2024
Thein Soe, 56, is pictured with his new 3D-printed prosthetic arm at his house in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Jan. 25. (All photos by Valeria Mongelli)
Life

Innovative prostheses offer hope on Thai-Myanmar border

3D-printed replacement arms change lives amid raging conflict

14 April 2024
A Thai soldier looks on as people line up at a border crossing to flee Myanmar early on April 12, in Mae Sot, Thailand.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar resistance seizes border town; Thailand braces for refugees

KNU to take on administration of trading hub as Thai foreign minister visits

13 April 2024
Soldiers test a drone in Kayah state in 2023. Resistance forces are increasingly using unmanned flying vehicles to attack the regime's generals. (Photo by Berry)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar anti-regime drones chase and attack military generals

Two officers ranked among the regime's top 5 are targeted in country's south

11 April 2024
MPT's store in a shopping center in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Yuichi Nitta)
Myanmar Crisis

KDDI, Sumitomo Corp. announce loss in Myanmar telecom business

Joint venture records $690m in doubtful receivables due to forex restriction

10 April 2024
Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, seen at a ceremony in Bangkok in January, says Thailand can take in another 100,000 Myanmar refugees. (Photo by Hiroki Endo)
Myanmar Crisis

Thailand denies Myanmar officials took Myawaddy evacuation flight

Minister says plane carried documents, country can take 100,000 more refugees

9 April 2024
Troops from the People's Defense Forces' sixth brigade, responsible for the Myawaddy frontline, are on duty in Myanmar's Karen state in 2023. The forces' recent successes have sent civil servants fleeing to Thailand. (Photo by Berry)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military faces humiliating rout on Thai border

Evacuation from trade hub Myawaddy highlights military regime's growing losses

8 April 2024
Julie Bishop, then Australian foreign minister, arrives for a meeting in Canberra in August 2018. 
Myanmar Crisis

U.N. taps ex-Australian foreign minister as special envoy for Myanmar

Regional diplomats welcome 'strategic' appointment of Julie Bishop

6 April 2024
Myanmar's military regime says it shot down this drone. (Photo courtesy of Myanmar military authority)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar anti-regime forces close in on capital with drone attacks

With HQ and base targeted, military's mouthpiece says 'fortunately' no casualties

5 April 2024
Myanmar soldiers salute during an Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyitaw on March 27.
Myanmar Crisis

As Myanmar starts military draft, many flee the country

Potential recruits' departures drive national currency to near-record weakness

5 April 2024
A young soldier from an armed ethnic group in Myanmar who lost both legs to a landmine.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar saw threefold increase in landmine casualties in 2023

Most deaths and maimings in regions with worst fighting, says UNICEF

4 April 2024
Chinese forces are practicing rapid deployment, precision strikes and more in a two-day live-fire drill near the Myanmar border. (China Defense Ministry)
Defense

China begins live-fire military drills near Myanmar border

Beijing urges Myanmar forces and armed groups to end fighting

3 April 2024
Anxiety is spreading as messages regarding Myanmar's new draft are sent out to smartphone users. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar mobile providers face uncertainty under military control

Draft, service outages and sanctions threaten stability of industry

30 March 2024
Unidentified officials -- some thought to be Chinese -- at Thailand's Mae Sot International Airport prepare for the deportation of Chinese nationals brought across from Myanmar on Feb. 29. (Photo by Danielle Keeton-Olsen)
Crime

Thailand's low-key deportations to China latest scamdemic twist

Beijing-driven clampdown on Myanmar could force regional crime shift

29 March 2024
The Border Guard Force, a large ethnic Karen armed group, has dropped its allegiance to the military government in Myanmar -- possibly to protect its position in Shwe Kokko, the largest of a number of criminal enclaves on the Myanmar side of the Moei River.  
Myanmar Crisis

Karen border force tilts away from Myanmar military regime

Group protecting turf in major crime center along Thai border, says expert

29 March 2024
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Special Reports

From India to Australia, Myanmar is flooding Asia with cheap meth

Myanmar conflict leads to growing supply and falling prices for deadly stimulant

29 March 2024
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing inspects officers during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 79th Armed Forces Day on March 27.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military scales back annual parade as fighting escalates

Regime prioritizes combating growing resistance by ethnic minority armed groups

28 March 2024
Myanmar-China ties have frayed further after the former's stretched regime was overrun by coordinated attacks by a coalition of ethnic and anti-military resistance forces. (Nikkei montage/Soure photos by Reuters/AP)
Myanmar Crisis

'Trust deficit' between China and Myanmar's military, report says

Beijing's reluctance to engage with regime leaves room for international consensus

27 March 2024
Aung San Suu Kyi at her Yangon home, 54 University Avenue, in early October 1988. (Photo by Dominic Faulder)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's failed auction of Suu Kyi's home creates conundrum

Bitter family feud imperils one of most historic buildings in Yangon

22 March 2024
The Peninsula hotel construction site in Yangon last year. (Photo by Yuichi Nitta)
Travel & Leisure

Peninsula Hotels group says $130m Myanmar project still stalled

Hong Kong operator makes first post-COVID profit but greater China a strain

19 March 2024
A district in Yangon where employees of the military-affiliated Myanmar Economic Corp. live was targeted by an explosion on March 10. (Photo by Nikkei) 
Myanmar Crisis

Bomb attacks in Yangon put Myanmar's biggest city on edge

Explosions targeting military-linked companies draw conflict closer to foreigners

13 March 2024