SUNY Cortland hosted two women activists from Myanmar on Thursday, Sept. 5, for a day of conversations about the collision of faith, feminism and ethnicity in their country, which is struggling with ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar military courts have sentenced a dozen individuals — including five Chinese nationals — to life imprisonment for their involvement in multiple human trafficking cases, state-run ...

Durangoans seem to be beating a path to Southeast Asia. Durango High School graduate Alyssa Paylor, 24, has spent most of the last two years on a fellowship through Volunteers in Asia. She’s been ...

The implementation of the People’s Military Service Law will allow the military to increase its control over women’s lives and bodies. Myanmar’s current conscription system is an act of fascist ...

NEW DELHI, India, August 3 (UNHCR) - Life as a refugee is often traumatic, but it sometimes helps if you can talk to someone sympathetic outside the family about your problems, challenges and hopes.

A federal system that is genuinely inclusive, sustainable, and democratic must include a prominent role for women from the country’s ethnic minority communities. Zin Mar Aung, the minister for foreign ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: The aftermath of an artillery strike. At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in the ...

MUDON, Mon State, Myanmar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The nightmare for May Khine Oo started on a trip home to Myanmar but it lasted almost 13 years. After visiting her grandmother in southern Mon ...

The political upheaval caused by the military junta, the resulting humanitarian crisis, and the broader environmental consequences exacerbated by climate change in Myanmar are intertwined challenges ...