The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) signed a formal agreement for a ceasefire that began on Saturday, China's foreign ministry said, halting fighting near the border of both countries.

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(Reuters) - Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling generals from their summits and limit the country's participation to a non-political level, said Malaysia who currently holds the chairmanship on Monday.

It was not clear if airstrike in western Rakhine state was mistargeted or if junta was unaware of temporary detention area’s location

The Myanmar government and the Kokang alliance army have reached an official ceasefire agreement, set to begin on Saturday, with China playing a pivotal role in facilitating the talks held in Kunming,

At least 35 civilians, including ten children, were killed in nationwide junta airstrikes and shelling over the weekend, according to anti-junta groups.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning Photo: fmprc.gov.cn. When asked to comment on the recent talks between the Myanmar military and

Junta restrictions on the delivery of basic medical supplies are leading outbreaks of infectious diseases like tuberculosis, and even HIV, to soar.

An overnight landslide at a jade mining area in northern Myanmar has killed at least a dozen people and left many others missing.

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Myanmar's electricity generation has dropped to about half the normal figure, as rebels have damaged critical transmission networks, causing lengthy blackouts in wide swathes of the South Asian nation,