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.

Yangon-based doctor Nang Mwe San poses for a photo. (Facebook)

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.

Buddhists give white roses to Muslims as they attend prayers during Eid al-Fitr at Thanlyin township on the outskirts of Yangon on June 5, 2019. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

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 kilo of ice is worth around 20 million kyats ($13,000) in Myanmar. (AFP)

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.

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

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.

Buddhist monk Wirathu speaks during a rally to show the support to the Myanmar military in Yangon on October 14, (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

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.

Toyota said it plans to produce the Hilux model at the new plant from February 2021. (AFP)

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.

Buddhist monk Wirathu speaks during a rally to show support to the Myanmar military in Yangon on May 5. (AFP)

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.

 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)

Myanmar's military is guilty of committing new "war crimes," extrajudicial killings and torture in its fight against ethnic Rakhine rebels, Amnesty International said.

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