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As Myanmar's military junta seeks international legitimacy through elections, its brutal repression of the pro-democracy ...

A new Catholic church and a grotto with the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, the 'Regina Pacis,' was blessed on 13 January, in the Diocese of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northern ...

Myanmar’s authoritarian rulers are holding “sham” elections in the midst of civil war in a bid for global recognition ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a decadeslong project to walk from East Africa to South America. In his 13 ...

YANGON: As part of ongoing efforts to eradicate online scam operations, a total of 286 Chinese nationals detained at casinos ...

Myanmar’s military junta has billed the election as a return to democracy. International observers, however, have widely ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repatriated 90 Indonesian citizens who were stranded in online scams from the ...

YANGON: Along Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River, Irrawaddy dolphins swim with local fishers in a rare cooperative partnership that ...

U Hla Swe urged Myanmar’s legal team to insult representatives of The Gambia, underscoring tensions as the military defends itself against genocide allegations in The Hague ...

Myanmar enters the final and riskiest round of the junta’s sham elections this Sunday – one likely to spark the highest ...

Belarus’ delegation consisting of the Belaya Rus party and the Federation of Trade Unions arrived in Myanmar to observe preparations and ...