Yangon, February 2 (AP): Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized pow
Jakarta, February 1 (AP): Myanmar's military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have been det
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi detained under house arrest
Naypyitaw, February 1 (AP): Myanmar military television says the military has taken control of the country for one year.
An announcer on milit
Yangon, February 1 (IANS): The Myanmar military on Monday detained government leaders including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint, after which the government declared a state of e
New Delhi/Naypyidaw, February 1 (IANS): India on Monday expressed "deep concern" over the military coup in Myanmar which has been placed under a state of emergency for one year, urging the neighbourin
SINGAPORE/LONDON, November 6 (Reuters): One of two Muslims allowed to run for the ruling party in Buddhist-majority Myanmar's general election on Sunday, Sithu Maung, worries fake news on Facebook coul
YANGON, October 28 (Reuters): The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday a boat carrying its aid in Myanmar's restive Rakhine State had come under attack, in an incident in which th
YANGON, October 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Myo Min Htun, who is bidding to be elected as Myanmar's first openly gay lawmaker next month, knows what discrimination feels like in a country where sa
YANGON, October 19 (Reuters): Insurgents from western Myanmar on Monday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping last week of three ruling party candidates in conflict-torn Rakhine state, and demanded the
YANGON, October 19 (Reuters): After spending years in confinement, few understand uncertainty, isolation and family separation better than Myanmar's former political prisoners.
As the coronavirus sp
YANGON, October 10 (Reuters): Myanmar's health ministry reported 2,158 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday in a record daily rise, along with 32 new deaths.
The Southeast Asian nation has locked do
YANGON, October 5 (Reuters): As surging coronavirus infections make election canvassing difficult in Myanmar, humble trishaw drivers are becoming unlikely champions for a nationwide ballot just a few weeks
NEW DELHI/NAYPYITAW, OCTOBER 5 (IANS): Indian Army chief General M.M. Naravane and Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla on Monday finalised India's coastal shipping agreement with Myanmar in a meeting with its
Army Chief Gen. MM Naravane and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is on a two-day visit from Sunday to Myanmar with an aim to further expand ties in a range of areas
Naypyitaw, October 5 (PTI): As par
YANGON, October 4 (Reuters): As Myanmar's coronavirus infections soar, the work never seems to stop for volunteers who have stepped in to help carry those suspected of symptoms to quarantine centres or
YANGON, October 2 (Reuters): A smartphone app produced for Myanmar’s Nov. 8 election with help from international organizations appears to have been removed from circulation and may be amended after
YANGON, October 2 (Reuters): From a quarantine centre in northern Myanmar, aspiring lawmaker Maw Htun Aung, wearing a bright yellow surgical mask, lays out his plan for an upcoming general election in
YANGON, September 24 (Reuters): Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and doctors s
YANGON, September 21 (Reuters): Myanmar plans to push ahead with a November general election despite calls from opposition parties to postpone it because of a surge in novel coronavirus cases, officials sa
YANGON, September 20 (Reuters): Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
The order in Yangon, Myanma