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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photos show 10-foot Burmese python swallowing a reticulated python whole, eating the snake from the tail up in just 2 hours. A Burmese python has been spotted attacking and swallowing a ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

More than 100 people have died in flooding and mudslides caused by the remnants of Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar. Spokesman for the nation's ruling junta, Zaw Min Tun, said in a statement on Sunday that ...

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: 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 ...

Sept 13 (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people ...