On this day in 1960, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai arrived in Yangon and celebrated the new year or Thingyan with his Burmese counterpart, U Nu, as a gesture of bilateral friendship

As residents of Rakhine and Chin states worked to repair the devastation caused by Cyclone Mocha, concern grows that urgent needs for shelter, food, drinking water and medical assistance will arrive too slowly

At least five people have died and many more have been injured in Myanmar due to Cyclone Mocha, emergency services report; thousands have been evacuated

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said they will not return to Myanmar to 'be confined to camps' after making their first return visit as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation

The Japanese government has lodged an official complaint with Myanmar after confirming that passenger ships provided to the country through a special development assistance programme were used for military purposes