Coming home from a shopping trip, the young man was beaten, forced into a car, and sold into conscription for 5 million kyats. Only at the last minute did he give his captors the slip.

Lack of electricity affects every aspect of Yangon residents’ daily lives, from work to sleep, and now even hotter weather is ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Electric vehicle registrations are rising rapidly in Myanmar due partly to "parallel imports" brought in by unauthorized dealers, but a lack of repair and maintenance support could ...

Cross-border trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar through Teknaf Land Port is in disarray as the Arakan Army, a Myanmar-based rebel group, disrupts ship movement along the Naf river estuary.

Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the ...

From public parades to traditional dances, here's how countries around the world are celebrating the Year of the Snake.

The Chinese zodiac corresponds to various years people were born, and each animal is believed to influence the lives of ...

Hundreds of millions gathered across Asia to celebrate the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, welcoming the Year of the Snake with ...

Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals ...

A freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in ...

More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated. Wednesday ...