Myanmar

Fighters from the Karenni National Defence Force, a network of civilian resistance fighters, Karenni organisations and armed groups in Kayah State. (KNDF / Kantarawaddy Times)

Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.

A handout photo released on December 10, 2019 by the International Court of Justice shows Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attending the start of a three-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide case before the UN International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace of The Hague. (Frank Van Beek / UN Photo / ICJ / AFP)

The UN's top court said Wednesday it will deliver its decision next week on whether emergency measures should be imposed on Myanmar over alleged genocide against its Rohingya Muslims.

 Burmese star tortoises feed at a wildlife sanctuary in Myanmar. (Wildlife Conservation Society/Turtle Survival Alliance)

One hundred and fifty critically endangered Burmese star tortoises were stolen from an enclosure in a wildlife sanctuary in central Myanmar on January 12, reported local media.

 Rohingya people who were arrested at sea in December walk on a beach after being transported by Myanmar authorities to Thalchaung near Sittwe in Rakhine state on January 13, 2020. (STR / AFP)

Nearly 200 Rohingya Muslims arrested at sea last month by Myanmar's navy after a voyage of hundreds of kilometres have been sent back to Rakhine state, officials said Monday.

A new South Korean train carriage.

These South Korean carriages are set to make train travel faster and cooler on the Mandalay-Myitkyina line.

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attends the 72nd Kachin State day ceremony in Myitkyina, upper Myanmar on January 10, 2020. (STR / AFP)

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi made a rare trip to a region bordering China days before President Xi Jinping is expected to push for controversial port and dam projects during a visit to the country.

This photo taken on March 16, 2019 shows people looking at an unexploded rocket in the Mrauk U township in Rakhine. (STR / AFP)

Four children were killed and five injured alongside their teacher as an explosion hit while they collected firewood in an area of Rakhine state beset by fighting between the military and Arakan Army (AA) rebels.

An aerial view of Chin state's first airport. (Facebook / Falam Airport, Chin State Myanmar)

Pilots will swoop down on a strip of tarmac perched on a mountain among the rugged peaks and deep valleys of Chin state in what promises to be one of the most dramatic runways in Myanmar.

The scene of the accident near the Myanmar-Thai border. (Myanmar Fire Services Department)

A head-on collision between a bus and a car in mountains on the Myanmar-Thai border killed 19 and left more than 30 injured on Friday.

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