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.

Kyaw Zin Win at Institut Français de Birmanie in Yangon. (Facebook)

A Myanmar librarian died by suicide on Sunday after being subjected to homophobic bullying at his Yangon workplace.

A Myanmar border guard policeman stand near a group of Rohingya Muslims in front of a small store in a village are seen during a government-organized visit for journalists in Buthidaung townships in the restive Rakhine state on January 25, 2019. (AFP)

An internet blackout in parts of Myanmar could be cover for "gross human rights violations" in an area where a brutal army crackdown has already forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee, a UN rights investigator said.

Three people walking along a road are seen during a government-organized visit for journalists in Buthidaung townships close to the surge of fighting between the Arakan Army and government troops in Rakhine state on January 25, 2019. (Richard Sargent / AFP)

An unprecedented shutdown of mobile data across swathes of Rakhine state entered a third day Sunday, blocking villagers from the internet in areas where the army is accused of abuses in its battle with ethnic rebels.

A woman at Mingun near Mandalay enjoys a cheroot. (David Stanley)

A cherished Myanmar love poem will remain on the national curriculum after the government's plans to scrap it over fears it promoted smoking sparked widespread public anger.

A woman (right) wears a face mask whilst walking with a friend past Sule Pagoda in Yangon on July 26, 2017. (Aung Kyaw Htet / AFP)

A deadly virus has returned to Yangon. This is how you protect yourself against it.

Mike Than Tun Win (second left) cycles with students on bicycles, previously used in bike-sharing companies and shipped from Singapore, which have been donated as part of the "Lesswalk" scheme on the outskirts of Yangon. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

The clangor of bells in the air, Myanmar children race home from school on recycled bikes shipped from Singapore and Malaysia, donated to give them easier access to education in a nation where more than half live in poverty.

Four people have died after catching a severe strain of flu that killed dozens in Myanmar two years ago, according to the health ministry.

Young Rohingya refugees play at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhia on February 4, 2019. (Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)

The United Nations experienced "systemic failures" in its handling of the situation in Myanmar leading up to the 2017 mass exodus of Rohingya, a UN report said on Monday.

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