In 1784, the Konbaung dynasty of the kingdom of Burma—a Buddhist realm dominated by the Bamar ethnic group, which today makes up 68 percent of Myanmar’s population—conquered Arakan.

Newsweek has created a map showing where in Asia the U.S. has ... of arrest and long-term detention of U.S. nationals. Myanmar (Burma): Due to armed conflict and civil unrest following the ...

I imagined a modest plot in the hills near Chiang Mai—not smack in the tourist bustle, but out where the jungle dips and ...

The story of permit system goes back to Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation 1873 and Chin Hills Regulation 1896 which the looter British brought under the ‘Isolation Policy’ for the North East Frontier ...

Myanmar's junta has kept up a deadly military campaign, including airstrikes and artillery assaults, despite announcing a ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar ... which operates Myanmar's national seismic network, was severely impacted by the shaking. Shake maps from the earthquake analyzed by Chung ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, flattening skyscrapers and leaving more than 1,000 people dead from Myanmar to Thailand.

At least 14 aftershocks have hit Myanmar since Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake, an interactive map on the United States Geological Survey’s website shows. Most of the tremors – which ...

The Chinese started building the last, and most difficult, link in the Burma road in December 1937. It is now completed. It follows the old trail which Marco Polo traveled when he visited the Middle ...

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than four days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending ...

This disaster exposes what governments of Burma/Myanmar failed to do long before the earthquake, which would have saved lives during the shaking." Strong tremors also rocked neighboring Thailand ...