Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs to mark the International Day Against Drug ...

Thailand is facing one of its most serious environmental crises as toxic pollution from rare earth mining in Myanmar’s Shan State contaminates the Kok and Sai rivers. Arsenic levels far exceed safety ...

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The shores of Myanmar became visible from Sob Moei village in northeastern Thailand as the morning mist rises over the ...

Southern Shan State, Myanmar – Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each hand like a human weighing scales.

All this has made Myanmar a hub of lawlessness in Asia. Illicit drug production, human-trafficking and a huge scam industry are booming. PREMIUM China-calls-the-shots-in-Myanmar-s-civil-war ...

For example, in June 2024 the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), an NSAG, captured Lashio, the largest city of Shan state and a gateway to China.

The Shan Human Rights Foundation publishes a map showing that the suspected gold mines polluting the Kok and Sai rivers are mainly located south of Mong Hsat in Myanmar’s Shan State.

Tectonic Tensions Along the Sagaing Fault Myanmar lies in a tectonically active zone where the India and Eurasia plates collide. The March earthquake ruptured over 400 kilometers of the Sagaing Fault ...

A deadly earthquake on March 28 collapsed buildings in central Myanmar but rumours that the country's most sacred Buddhist site has crumbled are inaccurate. An AFP reporter confirmed the Shwedagon ...