The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar's Shan people enter monastic life for up to one month Dressed in flowers, finery and make-up, scores of boys were ...

PIANG PHRA CAMP, THAI-MYANMAR BORDER (dpa) – Nan Thaw fled to this border enclave last month with his wife and two small children to escape the Wa, a people in search of a new homeland. “They took our ...

This article was originally published in The Irrawaddy, an independent news website in Myanmar. This edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Since the ...

(Bangkok) – An ethnic armed group in northern Myanmar has abducted and forcibly recruited civilians fleeing fighting in Shan State, Human Rights Watch said today. Myanmar’s military also has a long ...

KYAING TONG, Myanmar, Aug 29 (Reuters) - At night, the gilded Buddha standing imperiously on a hill overlooking Kyaing Tong is one of the few spots of light in the inky blackness of eastern Myanmar's ...