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Myanmar remains one of the world's great drug producing nations (FIle Photo)

USD 1 billion seized drugs set ablaze by Myanmar and Thailand govt

The burnings, to mark world anti-drugs day, follow another year of record seizures of narcotics from the remote borderlands of Myanmar.

26 Jun 2017 1:17 PM

Rescue personnel carry bodies recovered by fishing vessels in the waters off San Hlan village, in Laung Lone township, southern Myanmar. Fishermen have joined navy and air force personnel in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15 children crashed a day earlier. (Photo: AP)

Bodied recovered as Myanmar ships scour site of plane crash

Navy vessels and local fishing trawlers have fought fierce monsoon weather as they search for bodies and traces of the plane.

10 Jun 2017 1:58 PM

Nine navy ships and three air force planes had been dispatched to search for the aircraft, which disappeared yesterday as it flew from the southern city of Myeik to Yangon. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Myanmar military finds wrecked missing plane with bodies: spokesman

After conflicting information on the number of people on board, the latest update from the military said the plane was carrying 122 people.

08 Jun 2017 9:32 AM

An unverified report in the Mirror claimed that 15 passengers had reportedly survived the crash. (Photo: Pixabay)

Myanmar plane with 120 on board crashes

Debris from the missing military plane found in the Andaman Sea.

08 Jun 2017 2:36 AM

Four naval ships and two air force planes have been sent to search for the plane, which was flying between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon at more than 18,000 feet when it went missing. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Debris of Myanmar plane carrying 100 people found in sea: reports

An air force source requesting anonymity confirmed a navy search and rescue ship had found pieces of the plane.

07 Jun 2017 6:32 PM

Myanmar army chief says military plane with 116 goes missing

An airport source, who asked not to be named, said the plane was carrying 105 passengers and 11 crew members.

07 Jun 2017 5:08 PM

Officers said the middle-aged men had made off with the money from a currency exchange office on Friday in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. (Photo: Representational)

2 Georgians held with USD 90,000 hidden in underwear: Myanmar police

The duo allegedly duped the money changer into giving them the $90,000 before they had handed over the equivalent amount in Myanmar kyat.

22 Apr 2017 1:39 PM

The boat, called "Silver Star" in Burmese, sank Friday evening in a river near Pathein, a port city west of commercial capital Yangon. (Representational Image/AFP)

At least 20 killed in Myanmar wedding boat crash

Fatal boat accidents are common in Myanmar, a poor country with rudimentary transport and weakly-enforced safety regulations.

08 Apr 2017 2:04 PM

The party will face its toughest challenge to the north in Shan State. (Photo: File)

Suu Kyi's new govt faces first test at Myanmar bypolls

Myanmar's economic and political elite, including the NLD, have long been dominated by the majority Bamar ethnicity.

01 Apr 2017 5:35 PM

social media satirists, activists and journalists have found themselves increasingly targeted under a controversial online defamation law. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Myanmar mother sues son for calling her a 'prostitute'

Wana Oo was charged under a broadly-worded law that forbids defaming people on any network and can carry up to 3 years in jail.

21 Mar 2017 5:09 PM

A government spokesman confirmed children were detained in the operation but said authorities had followed the law. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Myanmar crackdown: Kids among Rohingya detainees

Police said some of the children had confessed to working with insurgents and that they were being detained away from adult suspects.

17 Mar 2017 11:52 AM

Rohingya civilians have been displaced by a crackdown following the October 9 attacks. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar fear permanent displacement

The names of those Rohingya Muslims found missing during the house-to-house official count are crossed through with a red pen.

16 Mar 2017 11:43 AM

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar rebukes Malaysia PM over Rohingya violence

Mr Razak has been a vocal critic of Myanmar since violence erupted in Rakhine state in October.

21 Jan 2017 2:25 AM

Thousands of Rohingyas have fled a military operation in Rakhine state, in Myanmar.

Myanmar detains cops over Rohingya abuse video

Neighbouring Bangladesh says some 50,000 Rohingya have crossed its border over the past two months.

03 Jan 2017 2:22 AM

In this December 2, 2016 photo, Rohingya from Myanmar, watch a television programme about them being played on a mobile phone inside a tea stall, at an unregistered refugee camp in Teknaf, near Cox’s Bazar, a southern coastal district about, 296 km south of Dhaka, Banglades. (Photo: AP)

Rohingyas who fled Myanmar recall killings, rapes, burnings

Satellite images analysed by the rights group Human Rights Watch show 1,250 structures destroyed in November in Rohingya villages.

07 Dec 2016 6:00 AM

A commission advising Suu Kyi's administration on whether to scrap the dam submitted its first report to her government on Friday, according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar probes controversial Myitsone dam

The hydropower project poses a delicate challenge to the country's new civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

12 Nov 2016 4:13 PM

Aung San Suu Kyi, left, arrives to participate in the first-day regular session of the upper house of parliament. (Photo: AP)

Reports hint Suu Kyi could become Myanmar president

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party won a landslide victory in the Nov. 8 general elections.

08 Feb 2016 2:08 PM

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