In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be a portent of regime change.
Myanmar’s ruling generals have form in exploiting natural catastrophes to gain military advantage. When the country was hit by Typhoon Yagi in 2024 and Cyclone Mocha in 2023, which brought deadly floods and winds,
Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will join a regional leaders' summit in Thailand next week where he is seeking high-level bilateral meetings, three sources with direct knowledge told Reuters, in a rare visit to a Southeast Asian country since seizing power in coup that led to a civil war.
The BBC has been sent several images of damaged buildings in Naung Lin Village, Shan state, where Myanmar's junta fighters reportedly dropped bombs on Friday evening Myanmar's military junta has ...
The military-led regime has been weakened by a yearslong civil war. Now millions are counting on it to allow emergency aid.
Myanmar's main resistance movement to the country's military junta has announced a unilateral partial ceasefire in order to aid rescue efforts after a 7.7 earthquake struck the country on Friday.