Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Japanese beer giant Kirin said Thursday an investigation into whether money from its joint ventures with the Myanmar military had funded rights abuses was "inconclusive".
Inmates had their hair styled, makeup done and dressed as beauty queens before strutting out for pageants in three prisons in southern Myanmar.
Singer Chaink K Ko, known by his stage name Banana, has been arrested for violating Covid-19 rules after singing at a child’s birthday party in Mandalay region.
The stadium once roared with fans during Myanmar's top football games, but now bustles with workers wrapped in protective gear who are battling the coronavirus pandemic.
The militant group confirmed the release, adding that the three NLD members were kidnapped "for the purpose of war, politics and revolution".
On December 26 we ran a story on Myanmar lifting stay-at-home orders for most of Yangon and several townships across the country, as announced by the Ministry of Health and Sports.
A rebel ethnic minority group that unofficially controls a swathe of eastern Myanmar has sentenced a man to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.
Authorities are investigating the death of an endangered whale shark that washed ashore on a beach in Myeik Archipelago.