Government and civilization, the political scientist James C. Scott stressed, are not at all the same thing. In wide-ranging studies of how central authority is applied at ground level, Scott ...

The Arakan Army’s latest victory puts junta positions in Bago Region under threat, as key military factories and checkpoints ...

YANGON: In Kachin State, the 2024 rainy season brought record-breaking floods along the Ayeyarwady River, leaving behind thick layers of silt but failing to produce crops, according to local farmers.

Caught between ethnic offensives in the east and west, the regime now faces a growing threat at its industrial-military core.

Pyu Ancient Cities includes the remains of three brick, walled and moated cities of Halin, Beikthano and Sri Ksetra located in vast irrigated landscapes in the dry zone of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) ...