Military-backed party leads in early election results in Myanmar

Myanmar's military-appointed election body has announced the winners of the first phase of its three-part general election.
Live Science

Massive Myanmar earthquake was super smooth and efficient — and it holds lessons for the 'Big One'

"Over that vast time, the rough edges and bends in the fault have been ground down," first author Eric Lindsey, a ...
The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Junta’s Election Opens Amid Airstrikes and Sparse Turnout

A roundup of live updates from The Irrawaddy’s coverage of the first phase of voting on Sunday, which was marked by violence, protests and low turnout.
Global Voices

Learning feminism before knowing its name: Verse’s story from Myanmar

Through film, I want people to feel empathy to see women’s emotions, existence, and oppression in new ways. My mind is always ...

In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some ...
Human Rights Watch

Myanmar is Safe?

Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity? TPS status protects ...
NPR

Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup amid ongoing civil war

Myanmar's military has announced the first phase of a general election to be held in late December, in a poll widely seen as an attempt to lend the junta legitimacy following its 2021 coup. State-run ...
InfoWorld

Basic and advanced pattern matching in Java

Learn how to use pattern-matching features in your Java programs, including pattern matching with switch statements, when clauses, sealed classes, and a preview of primitive type pattern matching in ...
Reuters

US lifts some Myanmar sanctions, says no link to general's letter to Trump

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The United States has lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals that had been imposed under the former Biden administration. The U.S.
Human Rights Watch

“I’ll Never Feel Secure”

Since the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, the ruling junta has suppressed the human rights of the population, intensified abuses in the country’s decades-long armed conflicts, and ...
World Bank

Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s economic challenges

YANGON, June 12, 2025 — Myanmar has been severely impacted by the March earthquake, and the economic aftershocks are compounding ongoing challenges faced by firms and households, according to a new ...
Yahoo

Myanmar at a glance: Embroiled in civil war, now facing more devastation after powerful earthquake

In this image provided by The Myanmar Military True News Information Team, Myanmar's military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, center, inspects damaged road caused by an earthquake Friday, March 28 ...