The Latest Breaking News from Burma

Young Newcastle doctor shares terrifying experience as bombs are dropped in Burma where he is volunteering

Declan Stokle had to take shelter in the jungle as jets dropped bombs close to the clinic where he was volunteering

Chronicle Live · Dec 7, 2022

King Charles will honour armed forces in first Remembrance Sunday speech as monarch

WWII hero James Fenton was devastated by the death of the Queen, just months after she sent him a celebratory birthday card when he turned 100 in April

Daily Mirror · Nov 13, 2022

The real Penny Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, as she appears in The Crown

The Crown suggests she and the late Duke of Edinburgh had a romantic affair together

Liverpool Echo · Nov 10, 2022

Tamil Nadu’s colourful Chettiar mansions bear testimony to a world that was more open to the other

Just the entrance to a Chettinad mansion can be an exercise in map-spotting with its doors of solid Burma teak, Belgian mirrors, English floral tiles and Italian black marble columns

The Hindu · Jul 21, 2022

WWII veteran may miss liberation event over passport delays

Mr Smoothy, who also served in Italy and Burma, said he was hoping the passport could be processed in time

Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2022

Commentary: Russia is causing bloodshed in Myanmar, too

My heart breaks as I watch Russian planes bombing civilian homes, displacing millions of refugees and committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Four thousand miles away from Ukraine, in my home country of Myanmar (also known as Burma), Russia has been complicit for decades in the violence of the Burmese…

Tribune News Service · Apr 26, 2022

Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary in Visakhapatnam is abuzz with adventure sports activities

Enveloped in a cocoon of greens, the Kambalakonda Eco Tourism Park is buzzing with action after a long pandemic-induced gap

The Hindu · Apr 17, 2022

A hundred years ago February 17, 1922 | Agitators in Burma

One comes away from Burma deeply impressed by two things. The first is the wide gulf which separates Burma from India and the earnestness and universality of the desire for political separation. Not only are the Burmans by race, temperament and religion, quite apart from the rest of the Indian…

The Hindu · Feb 16, 2022

One year post-coup: Light ahead after darkness?

On 1 Feb 2021, the dreams of many people in Burma (Myanmar) were shattered overnight. Since then, I, along with everyone else in my country of over 55 million people, have been living in darkness.

Bangkok Post · Feb 4, 2022