AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, July 31 (UNHCR) - When a group of 35 refugees from Myanmar flew to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport earlier this year, they had already been schooled in how to deal with the ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of thanakha, ...

This is an opinion editorial by Win Ko Ko Aung, a McCourt Scholar for Georgetown University’s Data Science for Public Policy program and a survivor of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. As the 2024 U.S.

YANGON (Reuters) - With their bold outfits, sharp dance moves and hip hop rhythms, Myanmar's "Tiger Girls" shatter the usual image of Burmese women and hint at social change in one the world's most ...

There was something unusual about the crib on display in the compound of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Mandalay on Christmas Eve. Instead of the familiar Western faces and Middle Eastern garments, Joseph ...

On Monday, the recently elected government in Myanmar was overthrown by the military. According to the Associated Press, Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has taken power in the ...

Women religious pray the Stations of the Cross while visiting the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Md., during the 2019 National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics. (Credit: ...

Navigating the education system as a non-native English speaker proved to be a challenge for Burmese student Teresa Bochung. The University of Iowa student spent all of middle school learning how to ...

This is an opinion editorial by Win Ko Ko Aung, a McCourt Scholar for Georgetown University’s Data Science for Public Policy program and a survivor of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. The Biden ...

Myanmar's tea shops have long been central as public spaces to meet and talk, especially during the military regime. But with the country's... Pulling low wooden stools out from under a short square ...

Pity Myanmar. Beautiful, yet long-suffering. Stocked with natural resources, yet dirt-poor. Appealing to tourists, yet beset by insurgencies and periods of authoritarian rule. Only a few years ago, ...