When insurgents finally gained control of the town of Kyaukme - on the main trade route from the Chinese border to the rest of Myanmar - it was after several months of hard fighting last year. Kyaukme ...

BANGKOK -- The chief of Myanmar's military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has for the first time since seizing power four years ago met with President Xi Jinping of China, a top ally of his ...

YANGON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly a decade in the making, a project to pump oil 770 km (480 miles) across Myanmar to southwest China is set for imminent start-up, with a supertanker nearing the port ...

The Yanlonkyaing China-Myanmar Border Gate near Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in Shan State, Myanmar. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Paingpeace Yesterday, The Irrawaddy ...

Soldiers from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) pose with the MNDAA flag after capturing a Myanmar military base at Magra-tapok hill in northern Shan State on October 27, 2023.

Myanmar's second-largest city Mandalay is a prime target of fighters who oppose the ruling junta - Copyright AFP STR Myanmar's second-largest city Mandalay is a prime ...

India’s Act East strategy got a real boost this week, and at its heart lies the missing rail link. The potential Delhi-Singapore rail network is now closer to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ...

CHONGQING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua/APP): A direct air route linking southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and Yangon in Myanmar was launched on Monday, which is expected to enhance tourist and business ...