Foreign minister Mohamad Hasan said Asean told Myanmar’s junta that an election should not be its priority, and urged instead for dialogue and an end to fighting. (Bernama pic) Myanmar’s junta has ...

At least 24 people have been killed while protesting Myanmar's military government after a paraglider dropped two bombs on the crowd. Around 100 people - who had gathered in Chaung U township in ...

More than 20 people were killed in central Myanmar after the military launched motorised paraglider attacks during an antigovernment candlelight vigil, according to Amnesty International and media ...

It is the responsibility of Myanmar to create conditions that would allow Rohingya refugees to return home voluntarily, safely, and with dignity, said the United Nations. Marking the eighth ...

Myanmar’s military government has announced that long-promised elections will begin on December 28 amid widespread scepticism that authorities will allow a free and fair vote. The Union Election ...

It has become steadily more difficult to find reasons to be hopeful about Myanmar. Elections in 2015 had seemed to usher in a new era of democracy, after years of authoritarian rule. Aung San Suu Kyi, ...

Myanmar Earthquake Live Updates: A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, causing widespread devastation. Myanmar, already suffering from a prolonged civil war and ...

The epicenter was in Mandalay, Myanmar, the country's second-largest city. A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake impacted much of Southeast Asia on Friday, with mounting casualties and leveled buildings ...

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than four days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending ...

Myanmar is reeling following the huge earthquake which hit the country on Friday, 28 March. The 7.7 magnitude tremor was felt elsewhere, including in Thailand and south-west China. More than 3,000 ...

On March 28, at around midday local time, tens of millions of people in Southeast Asia felt the earth below their feet violently rupture. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake, centered just 12 miles away from ...

YANGON: People in Myanmar continue to embrace the joy of reading physical books, keeping bookshops alive despite the rise of digital media. The passion for printed books not only ensures the survival ...