Yangon
Smoke, rubble and gunshot wounds have conjured images of Yangon neighbourhoods as “battlegrounds” this week, and though the term helps emphasise the severity of the situation, it can also be slightly misleading.
Eleven people were injured as a plane slid off a runway while landing at Yangon airport in Myanmar Wednesday, police said, as a freak storm hit the city.
A judge has denied bail to a prominent filmmaker detained for criticising the military despite warnings that he could die in custody as he struggles to recover from an operation to treat his liver cancer.
A judge has denied bail to a prominent filmmaker detained for criticising the military despite warnings that he could die in custody as he struggles to recover from an operation to treat his liver cancer.
Four troupe members were charged under the notorious section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law after performing a traditional form of witty poetry.
Inclusive community spaces are planned for Yankin, Hlaing Thar Yar and Dagon Seikkan townships.
On sandy ground in the outskirts of Yangon, Kaung Khant Lin dribbles a ball with incredible agility, pivoting expertly on a crutch before shooting to score with his left foot.
The Yangon landmark will house a museum partly dedicated to the leaders who were assassinated in the complex.
A dentist who went viral on Facebook after exposing nationalist and military propaganda at a civil service training institute has been labelled a hero by the 7Day newspaper at a Yangon award ceremony.