Articles related to Myanmar on Worldcrunch

A photo of Two service women seen training with their guns during a military training

Geopolitics militias

In Myanmar, With The Youth Militias Fighting For Freedom

by Daniele Bellocchio September 22, 2024May 24, 2025

Image showing Rohingya immigrants who were stranded on the India-Bangladesh border for three days being held at the Amtali Police Station.

Geopolitics india

How Beijing’s Backing Of Myanmar Sharpens China-India Tensions

by Michelle Courtois July 17, 2023May 23, 2025

A man takes a picture of the University of Santo Tomas Main Building where the flag of Ukraine is projected in Manila, Philippines

In The News ukraine

Why So Many Asian Countries Are Staying Neutral On Putin

by Anne Sophie Goninet March 11, 2022May 21, 2025

Barricades in Yangon, Myanmar

In The News refugee

An Old War Is Rekindled On The Myanmar-Thailand Border

by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank April 10, 2021May 19, 2025

Why a military coup now?

Geopolitics china

Coup de Greed: Myanmar Generals Are Following The Money

by Bethany Wright February 24, 2021May 19, 2025

A protester in front of China's embassy in Yangon

In The News china

Inside China’s Quiet Flex On Myanmar Coup

by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank February 14, 2021May 19, 2025

NGO workers distribute food to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

In The News aung san suu kyi

Religion And Nationalism: Is Southeast Asia Turning Into The Next Middle East?

by Tamar Vidon September 26, 2017May 22, 2025

Aung San Suu Kyi attending a parliamentary session in Naypyidaw on March 29

Geopolitics junta

Aung San Suu Kyi, A De Gaulle Moment For Myanmar

by Worldcrunch April 14, 2016May 23, 2025

Woman from the Padaung tribe in Ywama village, Myanmar

Myanmar’s “Giraffe Women,” Embodying A Vanishing Custom

by Worldcrunch January 7, 2016May 23, 2025

In a refugee camp in Sittwe, Myanmar

Geopolitics migrants

After The Rohingya Boat People Get Sent Back To Myanmar

by Bertrand Hauger August 31, 2015May 22, 2025

A Rohingya teen in a Myanmar camp for displaced persons.

Geopolitics human rights

More Burmese Persecution Of Rohingya: Blocking Marriages

by Julie Farrar May 27, 2015May 22, 2025

In Yangon

Economy economy

In Burma, Time To Cash In On Political Reforms

by Worldcrunch January 7, 2015May 22, 2025

Learning the Mon language in Mon State

Society education

Banned By Junta, Ethnic Dialects Return To Burma Schools

by Julie Farrar September 27, 2014May 22, 2025

A view of Myitkyina, capital of Kachin State in Burma, near the dam project.

Geopolitics endangered species

A Controversial Chinese Dam Threatens The Cradle Of Burmese Civilization

by Worldcrunch August 18, 2014May 23, 2025

A tourist inside Yangon's Musmeah Yeshua, the last surviving synagogue in Myanmar

Society tourism

The One Burmese Synagogue That Survived The Regime

by Anne Sophie Goninet May 14, 2014May 23, 2025

Look Who Pays The Price Of Burma's Investment Fever

Economy aung san suu kyi

Look Who Pays The Price Of Burma’s Investment Fever

by Bertrand Hauger February 4, 2014May 22, 2025

Myanmar's Landmine Victims Make Prosthetic Legs

Geopolitics military

Myanmar’s Landmine Victims Make Prosthetic Legs

by Bertrand Hauger January 6, 2014May 22, 2025

The number of Burmese heroin addicts is increasing

In Burma, Junkies Drink Formula Of Opium And Cough Syrup

by Liz Garrigan December 9, 2013May 22, 2025

Saw Ohn Myint, a Burmese boxer, will represent Burma at the upcoming South East Asian Games, SEA Games

Traditional Burmese Boxing Knocked Out By Thai Cousin

by Bertrand Hauger November 16, 2013May 22, 2025

The Shwedagon pagoda dominating the skyline of Rangoon

Economy economy

After Years Of Dictatorship, Burma May Be Next Asian Tiger To Roar

by Jean Marcel Maillard April 25, 2013May 22, 2025

View from the hills behind Inthein, Burma

Geopolitics myanmar

Up Close With Burma’s Least-Known Rebels, Fighting For Autonomy For 60 Years

by Leo Tilmont January 20, 2013May 23, 2025

I spot a missing moustache.

Geopolitics thailand

Meet The “Moustache Brothers,” Staring Down Myanmar’s Regime With Slapstick

by Bertrand Hauger November 9, 2012May 22, 2025