Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha is believed to ...

Young artists from the Mon ethnic group held a performance this Thursday to celebrate the 78th Mon National Day in the ...

I've learned to look for unexpected developmental leaps that can create entirely new opportunities while keeping one foot ...

Before I’ve reached the gate, I hear my name being called over the PA. “Your flight is ready to depart,” comes the cry.

The auction of the home of ousted leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon ended Wednesday with no ...

A renewed attempt to auction off the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been unsuccessful ...

Myanmar authorities have seized a drug trafficking gang along with 11 kg of heroin and over 4.6 million stimulant tablets ...

YANGON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinatown of Yangon, Myanmar will host a seven-day festive market to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, an official from the ...

I’m marginally soothed by the bootlegged copy of Burmese Days I find in a Yangon market the next day for a dollar or two, but the pages come clean off as I turn them. Later that week ...

YANGON: The residents of Myawady in southeastern Myanmar's Kayin State are facing significant difficulties due to the ...