Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Myanmar’s government has given its strongest sign yet that it will lift a ban on international commercial flights imposed since March due to the pandemic.
Myanmar will allow domestic flights to resume from December 16, the government said on Saturday.
Aung San Suu Kyi urged people today to stay inside this Christmas and New Year as Covid-19 continues its steady march around Myanmar.
Five firefighters were injured today when two fire trucks collided in Mandalay—a dramatic moment caught on a camera mounted on one of the trucks.
Meet the indie band Pink Nation, whose debut album “Naing Ngan Taw” or “The Nation” was released in November to wide applause from Myanmar’s arts scene.
Bangladesh transported more than 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island on Friday in the first phase of a controversial planned relocation of 100,000 people.
The great reopening has begun, albeit on a modest scale, as more than 8,000 restaurants and teashops mostly in Naypyidaw region reopened today.
A Karen activist who helped establish a 1.35-million-acre peace park has won the world’s foremost award for award for grassroots environmentalism.