Beyond humanitarian aid: Rethinking Australia’s Myanmar policy

In Burmese kitchens there is a saying that adding ginger to a curry can sometimes disguise the smell of ingredients that have already gone bad. It’s an apt truism as Myanmar enters a new phase of its crisis. Following elections organised under military …

More Myanmar migrant workers in Singapore seek help over unpaid wages and illegal job schemes

SINGAPORE: A growing number of Myanmar migrant workers in Singapore are asking for help after facing unpaid wages, poor working conditions, and misleading job offers. Some say they were even tricked into doing illegal work after arriving in the country. A …

‘I’m scared to go back’: How some Myanmar workers end up exploited in Singapore

“Some of the women may feel coerced into performing sexual services that they did not promise to do because they've already paid such a large amount of agency fees and they're afraid that if they refuse, they will be terminated and sent back home,” …

Plans for satellite ground station reinforce Myanmar regime’s ties to Russia

Myanmar junta retakes Tagaung, Mandalay Region’s last resistance stronghold

Relatives remember Japanese WWII war dead in Myanmar

Dozens of relatives of Japanese soldiers who died in Myanmar during World War Two have traveled to the country to honor their memory. The long-running program that organized their trip winds up this fiscal year as the bereaved family members age. About 137 …

Over 255,000 students sit for Myanmar's nationwide matriculation exam

YANGON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 255,228 students sat for Myanmar's nationwide matriculation examination on Wednesday, the first day of the exam for 2026, the official television channel MRTV reported. The figure represents 94.97 percent of the …

Rohingya risk lives at sea to flee Myanmar, Bangladesh

It was late November when Nur Begum, an ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar living in the sprawling refugee camps of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, received the call that her eldest daughter, Nur Kayas, was dead.   The call came from her former husband's …

Globe Teleservices deploys A2P messaging firewall, monetization platform for MPT Myanmar

Globe Teleservices has partnered with Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) to manage and secure Application-to-Person (A2P) messaging for its subscribers. Under this agreement, Globe Teleservices will implement firewall and monetization services to …

Myanmar civil war drives drugs epidemic in Thai hills