Video: Elderly Man Shares His First Vlog At 70, Gains 24.5 Million Views; Here Why It Went Viral

Experts often point out that engaging with new skills later in life can boost mental well-being and confidence. Sharma’s ...
Newsweek

Myanmar Holds First Election in 5 Years Amid Civil War, Boycott Calls

Voters in Myanmar went to the polls Sunday for the first phase of the country's first general election in five years, conducted under military government supervision while civil war engulfs much of ...
CNN

Myanmar’s military junta begins elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected ...
The New York Times

Myanmar’s Civil War Pushes Infectious Disease Over Its Borders

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say. People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in ...
PBS

Myanmar has declared a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for cyberscams, but the fraud goes on

It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that ...
PBS

Myanmar Declares a ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy for Cyberscams. But the Fraud Goes On

Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park. This combination of satellite image shows KK Park along Myanmar’s border with Thailand ...
Los Angeles Times

Myanmar military acknowledges airstrike on hospital it says opposition used as base

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Myanmar’s military acknowledged an airstrike on a hospital, claiming opposition groups used it as a base; local ...
Cfr.org

In Myanmar, the World’s Indifference to Authoritarianism Is on Full Display

When Myanmar held relatively free and fair elections in 2020, dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, many democracies around the world hailed the results. After Myanmar’s armed ...
CNN

Myanmar makes more meth than anywhere else. Opium production there also just hit a decade high, report says

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to a ...
Wall Street Journal

China’s Myanmar Project Could End U.S. Sanctions

Review & Outlook: Likening the global threat level to that of 1939, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveils reforms to the Pentagon acquisition process that will ‘rebuild the defense industrial ...
East Asia Forum

Myanmar faces permanent Balkanisation as the world tilts towards authoritarianism

Since the February 2021 coup that returned the centre of Myanmar to military rule, much debate has revolved around whether the military junta might collapse. The question has been whether the exiled ...