After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...

Tiny fragments of plastic are in the air, land and water in the country, where the burning of trash is common.

Decades of conflict have left Myanmar vulnerable to a secretive industry that is polluting communities and endangering workers.

By *Alambara An investigation into the Thanlyin refinery project and its role in reducing the military regime’s dependence on imported aviation fuel. Myanmar’s military is moving to produce its own Je...

Originally published as a three-part series, this version compiles the full investigation. On November 18, the website Tech Bullion ran a strange piece. Sandwiched between CEO profiles, marketing how-...

Emily Fishbein remembers Salai Ngun San Aung, Chin journalist and campaigner.

Today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) learned of the bombing and destruction of the Mrauk-U general hospital in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Reportedly, the airstrike – which occurred around 9 p.m. on 10 December – resulted in the death of at least 30 civilians and injury to more than 70. It appears to be the deadliest recorded [...]Read More... from Statement: Deadly airstrike on a hospital in Mrauk-U (Rakhine State, Myanmar)

Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil war Dozens have been killed in a military strike on a hospital in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to an aid worker, a rebel group, a witness and local media reports, as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month. “The situation is very terrible,” said on-site aid worker Wai Hun Aung. “As for now, we can confirm there are 31 deaths and we think there will be more deaths. Also there are 68 wounded and will be more and more.” Continue reading...

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As China has cut back on domestic extraction of rare earth minerals, uncontrolled mining in Myanmar has boomed in areas ruled by ethnic armies. New reporting in Wa territory reveals the activity is da...

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Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the job

Abortion carries a strong social stigma and is illegal in Myanmar, pushing many women to seek it in Thailand or, for those who cannot afford travelling to the neighbouring country, the use of dangerou...

Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower...

The Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar are succumbing to an environmental nightmare of deforestation, landslides, flooding and fires – exacerbated by cuts in

Until this month, Radio Free Asia had successfully resisted Trump officials who had tried to render it obsolete.

Over the past decade, the military-aligned warlord and his associates amassed wealth from Kachin State’s rare earth mining boom until the Kachin Independence Army took their territory last year, but.....

Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack.

Sometimes, trauma finds you while you’re waiting for it, when your body is tense anticipating its appearance. Your guard is up. Somehow, you soften its blows. Sometimes, though, trauma finds …