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China arrests a U.S. scholar with a history of Myanmar activism, suspected of spying

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — China has arrested a U.S. citizen on suspicion of spying, the Chinese government said Friday. Min Zin, who heads a think tank focused on his native country of Myanmar, was ...
The Diplomat

How Myanmar’s Railways Reflect the Nation’s Uneasy History

A new book highlights the role that the country’s rail network has played in the making – and unmaking – of a conflict-torn country. A gate lies across the tracks at the Gokteik viaduct in Myanmar’s ...
The Diplomat

Myanmar Resistance Group Says It Is Willing to Negotiate With Junta

Soldiers from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) pose with captured military equipment following the TNLA’s capture of Namtu Township in Shan State, Myanmar, in December 2023. An ethnic ...
The Conversation

Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control

After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28. 2025, the country’s military and the myriad resistance groups fighting a yearslong civil war faced international calls for an immediate ...
Foreign Affairs

Myanmar Is Fragmenting—but Not Falling Apart

The conflict in Myanmar, now in its fourth year, has claimed thousands of civilian lives and displaced more than three million people. Since toppling the democratically elected government of Aung San ...
CNN

Myanmar’s military junta makes rare plea for help after powerful earthquake kills scores with toll expected to rise

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the heart of war-ravaged Myanmar of Friday, killing scores of people and prompting the country’s military junta to make a rare plea for international assistance. The ...