Asia Myanmar Myanmar's military government said it will provide more than $200 million through the foreign currency market to alleviate the soaring prices of essential goods caused by high fuel prices
Asia Myanmar The governments of Myanmar and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding and loan agreements to obtain an ODA loan of about $1,1 billion for the implementation of development projects, including the Yangon Urban Development
Asia Myanmar Seventy Rohingya hiding in a truck carrying ginger were arrested north of Yangon after the vehicle crashed into a road channel, the Myanmar junta said
Asia Myanmar Japanese journalist Toru Kubota, who spent three and a half months in prison after being arrested near an anti-government demonstration, called on Tokyo to put more pressure on the junta and take in refugees fleeing the country
Asia Myanmar UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Myanmar's military junta to release all political prisoners and restore democracy in the country
Asia Myanmar Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor John Saw Yaw Han, auxiliary bishop of Yangon, as bishop of the Kengtung diocese, which covers Myanmar's eastern Shan State
Asia Myanmar At least eighty people have been reportedly killed in the airstrike carried out over the weekend in the northern Kachin State by the ruling junta
Asia Myanmar NETA Auto, a new-energy vehicle brand of Chinese company Hozon Auto, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Myanmar Grand Sirius Company Limited, marking its official entry into the country
Asia Myanmar A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota to 10 years in prison on two counts, the latest foreigner to be convicted
Asia Myanmar The beauty queen who spoke out against Myanmar's military rulers was stranded at one of Thailand's international airports for a third day, hoping she would be granted entry as activist; her employer urged the authorities not to send her back home
Asia Myanmar A leaked copy of a speech delivered by junta chief Min Aung Hlaing at a meeting of military officials in June suggested that the regime's armed forces are struggling to cope with heavy losses caused by clashes with resistance forces across Myanmar
Asia Myanmar According to a new ILO report, the military takeover has severely affected trade unions and civil society organisations that provide services to workers and migrants
Asia Myanmar Artist-activist Htein Lin and his wife, former British ambassador Vicky Bowman, have been arrested as part of a crackdown on pro-democracy activists