Myanmar’s military has lost control of substantial sections of the country’s border with China in recent days, as forces fighting the coup regime coordinate their attacks in an unprecedented way. The...

Zin Mar Aung, the foreign minister of the National Unity Government of Myanmar, which was ousted in a coup by the military junta in 2021, tells DW the Chinese government is not only engaging differ...

Thai and other nationals rescued from local traffickers have been transported to front-line regime bases as fighting with ethnic alliance rages, say humanitarian workers. 

Over decades of brutal military rule, Myanmar’s generals have sometimes shifted tactics but relied on one consistent strategy to ensure their grip on power — fomenting divisions within the population...

Meeting may signal warmer relations between Myanmar and China

In KK Park, on the Myanmar-Thai border, those who refuse to scam face torture, starvation and even murder. DW investigates one of Asia's most brutal scam compounds.

While Myanmar has long been the chief venue for the criminal operations of Chinese-origin gangs in Southeast Asia, these organizations have always stood ready to move — internally or across borders —...

In the fractured authority surrounding crime-group controlled enclaves on the Moei River separating Thailand and Myanmar, this is what a crackdown on armed gangsters looks like: China presses...

Serious combat has resumed in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, despite a continuing de facto cease-fire declared by the military just before its coup last year. Unlike previous rounds of fighting in Rakhine...

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

UK and allies have sanctioned human rights abusers 75 years after Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

After a year of tentative ties with Myanmar’s democratic opposition, China this month dropped all pretension of hedging its bets and ramped up support for the military regime. Beijing framed its...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Myanmar last week was the first by a senior Beijing official since a military coup toppled Myanmar’s elected government in February 2021. Its ostensible...

Southeast Asian governments have reacted to the coup in Myanmar in diverse ways that reflect divergent interests. Some, such as Singapore, have condemned the generals’ violence against anti-coup...

Experts believe China is acting to secure its interests, and is unlikely to facilitate dialogue among key players. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NUG foreign minister foresees new wave of resistance attacks 'in next few weeks'

In December 2021, at a grand ceremony in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw, the country’s military chief — and leader of last year’s coup — awarded the highest honors for “extraordinary contributions to...

Following the coup by the Myanmar army on February 1, 2021, fighting exploded immediately in the China-Myanmar border area along a strategic trade route between the two countries. But the outbreak...

Myanmar authorities handed over to the Chinese government 10 suspects accused of involvement in the organized cyber fraud industry, including the heads of three prominent crime families.

The Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has threatened to close the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridges in Tak’s Mae Sot district if Thailand suspends electricity supplies to the casino town of Shwe Kokko in...

The international community can be divided into three camps in dealing with Myanmar’s brutal coup regime. One consists of a shameless group that includes Russia, China and India that supports the...

Analysts warn that Beijing is gaining leverage in Myanmar, backing the junta and no longer actively urging the regime to return the country to its democratic transition. This doesn't come without...

Authoritarian regimes depend on the suppression of individual freedom, but they also require the cooperation of the very people they are engaged in oppressing. Dictatorships need soldiers to man the…