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.

Paul Sein Twa poses for a portrait in the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network Indigenous Eco-Learning Centre in Ta May Hta village located in the Salween Peace Park in Kayin state. (Brennan O’Connor/The Goldman Environmental Prize)

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.

People wear facemasks amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus while walking at Yangon International Airport in Yangon on March 18, 2020. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

Myanmar will not see any international commercial flights until next year and domestic airliners will remain grounded until December 15 at the earliest.

The rule will apply to citizens of 23 countries that, according to the declaration, have overstay rates of more than 10 percent. (AFP)

The United States will temporarily require visitors from Myanmar, Iran and a number of African nations to pay up to $15,000 in visa bonds in a new hardline immigration measure enacted late in Donald Trump's presidency.

Golden Myanmar Airlines has circulated its flight schedule for December. (Facebook / Golden Myanmar Airlines)

In a sign that domestic travel restrictions may be lifted in December, Golden Myanmar Airlines has released its flight schedule to travel agencies.

People in quarantine suspected of having the Covid-19 coronavirus wait for food delivered by volunteers at a medical facility in Myanmar on October 12, 2020. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

For one transgender woman who travelled from Yangon to Mandalay, quarantine soon turned into an ordeal of discrimination, fear and discomfort.

In this undated handout photo released by the German Primate Center (DPZ) on November 11, 2020, the newly discovered primate named Popa langur (Trachypithecus popa) is seen on a tree branch on Mount Popa, Myanmar. (Thaung Win / German Primate Centre / AFP)

In a rare find, scientists have identified a new species of primate, a lithe tree-dweller living in the forests of central Myanmar with a mask-like face framed by a shock of unruly grey hair.

USDP chairperson Than Htay complained about the election result during a video address.

Myanmar's military-aligned opposition party on Wednesday rejected the results of this week's election as "unfair" and called for a fresh vote—a demand immediately rebuffed by the election authorities.

This photo taken on November 9, 2020 shows Sithu Maung, one of the two Muslim candidates from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party, speaking to journalists during an interview at his house in Yangon. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

After five years without a single Muslim MP, Myanmar is in need of someone to help fight for the rights of oppressed minorities, says Sithu Maung as he celebrates his election to parliament.

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