General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar’s military junta, became the country’s interim president on Monday after figurehead leader Myint Swe was placed on medical leave, state media reported. “The ...

Myanmar rebels fighting the junta say they have seized the last remaining military base in a key border town, dealing the latest significant blow to the country’s military rulers as they struggle to ...

Myanmar’s junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had taken control ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The opposition forces in Myanmar have made notable gains throughout the country in ...

The armed forces of Myanmar, which have been in control of the government since forcibly detaining many elected leaders in 2021, is reportedly planning to release a digital currency to help the local ...

Three years after the military junta seized control of Myanmar, the shock waves of that fateful day are still being felt throughout the region. In mid-February, the group announced it would invoke a ...

The end may not be near, but the end is clear—according to those who have kept a close eye on Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, since a military coup toppled its civilian government in 2021. While the ...

Since the Myanmar military seized power in February, it has overseen economic collapse, mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic, murdered hundreds of people, and set the stage for the state to fail. What is ...

Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has issued its first formal policy statement on China, vowing to safeguard Chinese economic investments and enterprises as resistance forces ...

While economic conditions in Myanmar stabilized in the first half of 2023, businesses continue to face multiple challenges, household incomes remain weak, and food security has become an increasing ...