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Major Religions: Theravada Buddhism 87.9%, Christianity 6.2%, Islam 4.3%, Other 1.6% The first evidence of the Christian presence in Myanmar is traced to the 13th century -- Latin and Greek writings ...

Myanmar remained the world’s top producer of opium in 2024 despite a marginal drop in poppy cultivation, the United Nations said in a new report, warning that the country’s ongoing conflict ...

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Myanmar’s ruling junta has suppressed information about a severe food crisis gripping the country by pressuring researchers not to collect data about hunger and aid workers not to publish it, a ...

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Myanmar’s economy is set to contract further in 2025, the World Bank said in its latest outlook, after a year of conflict in which resistance groups made significant inroads against the country ...

Police officers examine documents of Thai nationals released from Myanmar prisons in Shan State upon their arrival at the immigration checkpoint of the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae ...

By Sui-Lee Wee After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved ... looked around 40 and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a ...

The fishing vessel 'Sor Charoenchai 8' with its crew of 31 (4 Thai, 27 Myanmar nationals) was seized and towed to Koh Yan Chueak in Myanmar territory on Nov. 30, 2024. RANONG/BANGKOK — Myanmar ...

BANGKOK -- Myanmar has cemented its position as the world's leading source of opium after three seasons of revived cultivation since the military seized power, sinking the economy and rekindling ...