YANGON: Myanmar lacquerware has a long tradition, with the art mainly flourishing in Bagan, a central part of Myanmar that preserves this craft as a heritage. Mar Mar Shwe, 47, the owner of the ...

A woman carves on a lacquerware at a workshop in Bagan, Myanmar, Aug. 24, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) This photo taken on Aug. 24, 2024 shows colorful lacquerwares at a shop in Bagan, Myanmar ...

By Sui-Lee Wee For the first time in the three years since it staged a coup, the military in Myanmar has offered a major concession to the country’s opposition forces, calling on them to heal ...

A wealthy Chinese-Burmese businessman had bought his kidney for 10 million Burmese kyat ($3,079), nearly twice the annual average urban household income in Myanmar, according to 2019 data from UN ...

Rebel groups have rejected a peace offer from Myanmar’s embattled junta, which is reeling from battlefield losses and defections in a civil war that has dragged on for more than three years.

BANGKOK (AP) — A military court in Myanmar has given a life prison sentence to a local journalist and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism ...

Trained and guided by ethnic armed groups, Myanmar’s volunteer fighting forces are challenging the generals’ grip. The People's Defence Forces (PDF) have joined forces with ethnic armed groups ...

Despite the challenges and constraints, ICRC teams remain committed to reaching and supporting the most vulnerable communities, particularly in Shan, Kachin, Rakhine, central Myanmar and ...

BANGKOK: The death toll in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has jumped to 74, state media reported on Sunday (Sep 15). As of Friday evening the floods had "resulted in 74 deaths and 89 people ...

Rescuers in Myanmar reported finding bodies swept away by the powerful storm, which left a trail of destruction there and in neighboring countries. By John Yoon Rescuers in Myanmar said on Friday ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military government is allowing selected civilians to carry weapons, expanding its public mobilization beyond the draft as the fighting in its civil war edges closer to ...