Coronavirus Infections Top 1 Million Worldwide

In Thailand and farther afield, they join the wealthy and the educated who have already put down roots and invested...

Amid heavy global demand for rare earths, local activists’ concerns about the impacts on the environment and local communities are...

Amid searing temperatures, and without power for hours a day due to post-coup energy disruptions, Yangon residents are taking refuge...

A previous junta outlawed motorbikes for ‘security reasons’, so delivery workers rely on pedal power—a daunting prospect amid the current...

Also this week, the regime orchestrated Rohingya protests, lost the builder of its capital, and praised Putin after not-so-free election. 

Water shortages and heat-related illnesses hit central Myanmar as mercury soars to record levels, pushing some towns on to the...