Early efforts by Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) to issue a U.S. dollar-backed cryptocurrency have failed. They should try again, and harder: economic independence would further ...

Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure on ...

Myanmar’s economy is set to contract further in 2025, the World Bank said in its latest outlook, after a year of conflict in which resistance groups made significant inroads against the country’s ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund welcomed Myanmar's "bold move" to liberalise its foreign exchange rules in a report published on Friday and warned that the poor Asian country ...

The Philippines has indicated that ASEAN is considering appointing a long-term special envoy on Myanmar to replace the current system of annual rotation.

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

Workers and small business owners in Myanmar are bracing for greater uncertainty after the International Labour Organization (ILO) imposed sanctions against the military junta for its failure to ...

November 23, 2024: Currently the Myanmar military government is continuing to preserve its control over ever smaller portions of the country. While Myanmar became quieter for a while after the ...