Yangon: Myanmar’s Union Election Commission has allowed candidates to begin campaigning for the upcoming general elections set for November 8, according to an announcement of the commission...
Yangon: Cases of human trafficking have doubled in Myanmar over the first five months of this year as compared to 2014, an official report said on Monday....
Yangon: Myanmar authorities will repatriate 200 Bangladeshi boat people rescued by Myanmar navy under an agreement between the two countries, a media report said on Tuesday. The...
Yangon: At least 21 people were killed and 47 went missing, including 30 women, when a double-decker boat capsized in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, officials said...
Yangon: Myanmar’s largest international airport will be opened in 2020, a year later than scheduled, officials said Thursday. According to the Department of Civil Aviation, Myanmar...
Yangon: The Myanmar government Tuesday declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law in the Kokang region of Shan state following week-long armed clashes between...
Yangon: The Myanmar military has reiterated its strong commitment to end recruitment of children in the army, a media report said Wednesday. Forty-two child soldiers were...
Yangon: Maynmar President U Thein Sein will attend the 5th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit in the Thai capital of Bangkok, it was announced Tuesday. The...
Yangon: Myanmar has released 80 more child soldiers from military services and they were handed back to their parents, an official report said Tuesday. The 80...
Yangon: Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, has promised not to make any U-turn on the country’s path to the democratisation process,...