This week, the first students completed a three-year degree course, ready to treat displaced people and pro-democracy fighters unable to risk government-run hospitals It was a remarkable, but ...

March 27 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military leadership is set for a reshuffle following an annual armed forces parade on Friday, state media reported, in a rare public signaling of transition by the ...

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, used a recent armed forces reshuffle to shore up his power base by promoting loyalists ahead of his expected imminent transition to ...

Traffic in Yangon moves much faster on even-numbered dates. That is when, as a result of fuel-saving measures introduced this month, only cars with licence plates beginning 2, 4, 6 or 8 can drive ...

NAYPYITAW - Myanmar’s junta signalled changes in the military’s leadership ahead of the country’s annual show of force on March 27, potentially clearing the way for defence chief Min Aung Hlaing to ...

India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh Michael Martin returns to Beyond the Mekong following the outbreak of the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran, which is having a ...

Myanmar's parliament has convened for the first time since a coup five years ago. An administration with strong military influence is expected to take power, as more than 80 percent of seats are held ...

March 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar's new parliament selected the chairman of ‌the army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party as speaker of ⁠the lower house on Monday. Khin Yi, a retired brigadier ...

Myanmar's parliament ⁠will ⁠start the process to elect a new president on March 30, officials said on Friday, a vote many analysts expect ‌will be won by the head of the junta that seized power in a ...

With more than 40 years of presence in Myanmar, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) scaled up our operations quickly in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. Working closely with ...