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 ...
BANGKOK -A plan by Myanmar’s ruling junta to hold an election amid raging fighting is expected to be discussed in talks on Dec 19 between its Foreign Minister and counterparts from neighbouring ...
China and Myanmar's military are collaborating to establish a joint security firm aimed at safeguarding Chinese projects and workers. Listen to Story Move comes amid growing unrest and anti-China ...
Despite China’s calls for it to stop fighting against the Myanmar junta, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has reopened an offensive front in the country’s northernmost Putao District, Kachin State, ...
BANGKOK - A Myanmar ethnic rebel group said on Dec 17 it had recaptured its headquarters from the Myanmar military, almost 30 years after it was forced out. Karen National Union (KNU) fighters had ...
The tensions on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border have reached their peak. Reports suggest that Myanmar’s insurgent group, the Arakan Army (AA), has seized parts of Bangladesh’s Teknaf region.
Myanmar's junta has lost control of its border with Bangladesh to the Arakan Army (AA), impacting India's strategic interests. The AA's control extends to areas near the India-funded Sittwe Port and a ...
SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES, Philippines — There is no place like home. This is the wish of the seven Myanmar nationals rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) from a foreign vessel that ran ...
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar people displaced within their own country are expected to increase by about 30% to 4.5 million next year, according to a United Nations projection, as the conflict there ...
After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her ... about 40 years old and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a condom ...
Nearly five years after Myanmar’s civil war began, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the country’s ...