Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

Myanmar's military chief pardons prisoners to mark holiday

Myanmar’s military government has begun releasing more than 1,600 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but they didn’t include any political detainees despite the country’s ruling general vowing to bring peace this year

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta says 1,600 prisoners to be freed in holiday amnesty

Relatives of hundreds of prisoners gathered outside Myanmar's Insein Prison on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian nation's new year.

Reuters

Myanmar Junta Says to Free 1,600 Prisoners in New Year Amnesty

Myanmar's junta said it will release more than 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country on Sunday to mark the Buddhist new year, without specifying whether those being pardoned were protesters or common criminals. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Myanmar junta releases 1,600 prisoners for Buddhist new year, but no mention of detained Australian Sean Turnell

Families of detained Myanmar protesters have their hopes dashed after political prisoners are not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.

ABC News

Biden to host Southeast Asian leaders for May 12-13 summit

The White House says President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Washington next month for a summit

The Independent UK

Al Jazeera investigation ‘Myanmar’s State of Fear’ wins top award

This is Myanmar’s State of Fear, was one of just 12 winners chosen from more than 600 entrants.

Al Jazeera

The Problem With Postcards From Myanmar

Myanmar is opening up to foreign tourists, but it’s not just Covid-19 that poses a risk.

The News Lens

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

On Gardening: Persian Shield is beautifully exotic

Recently I stumbled across a plant recipe called "This is the Life." Not only was it a collection of some of my favorite plants, it was a wake-up call to an old favorite: the Persian Shield. Known botanically as Strobilanthes dyerianus, it is native to Myanmar and has 8-inch-long iridescent…

Tribune News Service

Deportation of Rohingya woman from India sparks fear of renewed crackdown

Hasina Begum was separated from her family and forced to return to Myanmar despite her refugee status. Hundreds of others now face expulsion

The Guardian - UK

Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance

Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.

Reuters

Myanmar jailed more writers in 2021 than any other country, says rights group

Exclusive: Junta detained at least 26 intellectuals last year as it sought to suppress opposition

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar New Year celebrations dampened by protests, boycotts

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar have urged residents to boycott the country's traditional New Year celebrations, as activists and Buddhist monks defied security forces by staging small protests against last year's coup in some areas.

Reuters

21 illegal Myanmar migrants caught in Songkhla

SONGKHLA: Immigration police arrested 21 Myanmar nationals in Rattaphum district of this southern province on Tuesday, Pol Maj Gen Prapansak Prasansuk said.

Bangkok Post

More illegal job seekers arrested on western border

KANCHANABURI: A total of 37 Myanmar nationals were arrested after they illegally crossed the border into three districts of this western province on April 10-11, heading for jobs inside Thailand, police said.

Bangkok Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

CDC eases COVID travel assessment for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Haiti

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday eased its COVID-19 travel ratings for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and Haiti.

The Conversation

Water fights, magical decapitated heads and family reunions – the Southeast Asian festival of Songkran has it all

In many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of the new year. Songkran (สงกรานต์), as the festival welcoming in the new year is called in Thai, is often celebrated with playful water fights on city streets over…

Bangkok Post

Myanmar army launches air strikes against rebels near Thai border

Myanmar's military conducted air strikes on Sunday targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of the town of Lay Kay Kaw near the Thai border, according to a spokesman at the rebel group and media reports.

Bangkok Post

145 Myanmar nationals repatriated from Ranong

RANONG: A total of 145 Myanmar nationals, 85 men and 60 women, were sent back to their home country under a voluntary repatriation programme on Saturday, according to a press release from the Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Mizoram starts issuing identity cards to Myanmarese refugees: Official

A total of 29,532 Myanmarese refugees have fled their homes and sought shelter in all the 11 districts of Mizoram since the military takeover, as per official data

Bangkok Post

US nabs 'yakuza chief', 3 Thais buying weapons for rebels

United States authorities said on Thursday they had arrested a Japanese organised crime leader and three Thai men who were trafficking heroin and methamphetamine while also trying to acquire weaponry for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Bangkok Post

Tak cops hawk stay in country cards

The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will investigate claims that officers in Tak charged Myanmar refugees 350 baht each for tickets absolving them from the legal threat of deportation.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar hands over 'most wanted' drug suspect

Myanmar police on Friday handed over one of Thailand’s most wanted drug suspects Thawatchai Aomchompoo, alias Bang Lai, to their Thai counterparts.

Bangkok Post

US arrests 3 Thais and 'yakuza chief'

NEW YORK: US authorities said they had arrested a Japanese yakuza organised crime leader and three Thai men who trafficked heroin and methamphetamine and tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Bangkok Post

Illegal job seekers caught on western border

KANCHANABURI: Fifty Myanmar nationals were arrested after they illegally crossed the border into three districts of this western border province on April 7-8, police said.

Reuters

Myanmar's deputy central bank governor shot and hospitalised -media

A deputy governor at Myanmar's central bank has been shot in an attack at her home in the Southeast Asian country's biggest city of Yangon and is being treated at a military hospital, media reports said.

1 … 124 125 126 127

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

United Nations

38,661 stories

Bharatiya Janata Party

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.