China’s foreign minister voiced support for Burma’s “sovereignty” in a rare visit to the military-ruled country on May 2 as Western countries continue to shun the junta for its violence against civilians. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang began his three-day visit to Burma—also known as Myanmar—on Tuesday, where he met with junta leader Min Aung…

BANGKOK—A tornado that tore through two villages in central Burma, also known as Myanmar, near the current capital Naypyitaw killed eight people and destroyed more than 200 houses, a rescue worker said Saturday. The tornado hit Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages on Naypyitaw’s southern outskirts at around 6:10 p.m. on Friday, Thet Paing Soe, a…

Commentary New Delhi has confronted the Burma government over Indian satellite images of Chinese workers constructing a listening post and extending an airstrip on the Coco Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Burma (also known as Myanmar) has denied Chinese involvement, but Indian officials are concerned that the facility will enable the People’s Liberation Army…

The United States on Tuesday urged the Burmese military junta to cease its “horrific violence” against civilians after more than 50 villagers were killed in the junta’s latest airstrike in the north-western Sagaing region. A junta fighter jet dropped bombs directly onto a house in Pazigyi village in Sagaing’s Kinbalu Township, where villagers had gathered for…

Burmese junta forces fired airstrikes on a village in the country’s northwest on Thursday, killing at least 10 civilians and injuring 20 more, as the military intensified efforts to tackle opposition groups, according to independent news reports. The Chin National Army (CNA), an ethnic armed rebel group in Burma (also known as Myanmar), claimed that…

The Burmese military junta said on March 28 that it had dissolved 40 political parties, including the party led by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ahead of an election the junta intends to hold later this year. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party and the other 39 parties were dissolved because they…

A leaked email obtained by the Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP) has revealed that United Nations boats have been used to transport Burmese military junta officials to Bangladesh, with U.N. markings removed from the boats beforehand. The leaked email, which was seen by The Epoch Times, was sent by U.N. resident coordinator in Burma (also known…

BANGKOK—Soldiers in Burma (also known as Myanmar) rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people, residents said, in the latest of what critics of the ruling military say are a series of war crimes since the army seized power two years ago. The bodies of 17 people were recovered last week…

The European Union on Monday issued a fresh set of sanctions targeting Burma’s high-ranking officials and entities, the EU’s sixth sanctions in the two years since the nation’s 2021 military coup that drew international condemnation. This round of sanctions targets nine individuals and seven enterprises that the EU claims are responsible for the violence escalation…

BANGKOK—The military-led government of Burma (also known as Myanmar), working with Russia’s state atomic energy company, has inaugurated a nuclear power information center as a step toward developing atomic power to fill energy shortages in the strife-torn Southeast Asian nation. Burma’s state media reported Tuesday that the head of the military government, Senior Gen. Min…