Category : Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta chief told workers to find jobs domestically rather than abroad, citing a labor shortage, despite the country’s severe economic downturn and poor working...

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Clashes between Myanmar’s junta and an ethnic army in central Myanmar have forced more than 4,000 people...

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Some families have waited one month, hoping to receive critical aid in the aftermath of Myanmar’s earthquake,...

Four weeks after a devastating earthquake in central Myanmar, a local charity has retrieved dust-covered backpacks, water bottles and lunch boxes from the rubble of...

Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. In the nearly three weeks since Myanmar’s military declared a ceasefire to assist earthquake recovery, it has...

Myanmar’s junta announced that it will extend its 20-day ceasefire until April 30 to aid in the country’s earthquake recovery, state-run broadcaster MRTV reported. A...

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. UPDATED April 22, 2025, 1:55 p.m. ET China has sent a team to monitor a ceasefire it...

Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese. A three-day onslaught of junta-launched airstrikes across four major areas spanning much of Myanmar’s central plains killed...

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese UPDATED April 17, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. ET BANGKOK – Myanmar’s junta chief held talks in Thailand...