Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
A Myanmar doctor and model who had her medical licence revoked for posting lingerie photos of herself blasted the government for "interfering" with personal freedoms, vowing Saturday to appeal against the medical council's decision in a deeply conservative country.
Myanmar Buddhists handed out white roses to Muslims heading to pray Wednesday to mark the end of Ramadan—the culmination of a rare show of solidarity in a country where Islam is often vilified.
A Myanmar policeman has been arrested after switching 64 kilograms (140 pounds) of seized crystal meth with salts loosely resembling the party drug known as "ice," officials said Tuesday.
Seven people were killed when artillery rounds slammed into a monastery where they were sheltering from firefights between military and insurgent forces in Myanmar's Rakhine state, witnesses said Tuesday.
An ultra-nationalist monk dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his anti-Muslim vitriol said Wednesday he was not afraid of arrest as police pursued him on charges of stirring up unrest.
Japanese automaker Toyota said Thursday it will open its first vehicle production plant in Myanmar, as the country's auto market grows and the government raises import barriers.
Myanmar police issued an arrest warrant Tuesday evening for an ultra-nationalist monk known as the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his vitriol against Islam and particularly the Rohingya Muslim community.
Myanmar's military is guilty of committing new "war crimes," extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International said.