Myanmar’s generals have brutalized the country for decades. But they have come to dread garlands as a sign of resistance.

Min Aung Hlaing, the army chief who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government five years ago, has been sworn in as ...

SDG Group’s aid, education and labor initiatives may be paving the way for a $900-million oil venture that could supply ...

Myanmar’s parliament has approved a cabinet that largely includes former generals and holdovers from the past military-led ...

Regime spokesperson Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun is the latest high-ranking official to be purged after a tip-off from Beijing.

Louise Erdrich was getting help with her computer when her daughter discovered something on the hard drive. A short story. “‘Love of My Days’ was a forgotten file in my computer, and when I found it ...

Myanmar’s ageing railway stations are bustling with life, crowded with passengers as surging fuel prices due to the Middle East war drive commuters to choose trains over costly planes and cars. On a ...

In my Boston Globe review of Louise Erdrich’s 2016 novel “LaRose,” I described her as “an artist of the liminal.” “Python’s Kiss,” Erdrich’s new collection of stories written over 20 years, testifies ...

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 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to thousands of prisoners, mostly political detainees, and activists being prosecuted or in hiding, state-run media reported ...

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