Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Caleb Campbell and Carlo Thomas helped me decide the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12. In the last week we ...

That’s an impressive achievement for Burmese writer-director Aung Phyoe, making his feature debut after several shorts. His ...

More than 100,000 people have been killed across all sides in Myanmar since a military coup five years ago triggered civil war, a conflict monitor said Wednesday. The military ousted the elected ...

Much of the world is unfamiliar with the cuisine, but an exodus from Myanmar after a coup has made it more visible on the international stage. Much of the world is unfamiliar with the cuisine, but an ...

A recent meeting between the leaders of Myanmar and China has given the military junta an opening to persuade Asean to allow it to return to the bloc’s summits. Analysts also say, however, that ...

It’s one of the biggest hits of Bob Dylan’s career. But it’s also one of the most uncharacteristic, a country-tinged track with a strange rhythmic pulse and lyrics that head straight for the boudoir.

China places ties with Myanmar as a priority in neighborhood diplomacy, and supports the new Myanmar government in coordinating development and security imperatives to find a correct path of ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed support for Myanmar’s leadership under former junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Tuesday, reinforcing Beijing’s influence as its southern neighbour struggles to ...

Last month, Shannon Lay announced her new album Past The Veil and shared the title track. Now, the LA singer-songwriter is releasing a lush, placid new single called "Horizons." "'Horizons' is a ...

Here’s our soundtrack to yet another tumultuous year in the making. Springsteen offered up a protest rallying cry against Trump fascism; Charli xcx gave us a droll, doom-ridden 2026 time capsule; Luke ...

An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar's largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in ...

Former Control Top members Alan Creedon and Alex Lichtenauer have formed new group Index and have shared their debut single. “Cellophane” is a punk battering ram that they say is “about self-deception ...