Myanmar

In Myanmar, polls will not deliver peace or stability

December 16, 2025 7:58 am

While Senior General Min Aung Hlaing officially calls for “inclusive, free and fair” elections, the regime’s actions contradict these statements

Myanmar: At least 30, including patients, killed after junta airstrike hits hospital, say witnesses

December 11, 2025 9:16 pm

How many Indians rescued from overseas jobs racket? Govt responds

December 11, 2025 7:59 pm

According to Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, the exact number of Indians currently trapped in such scam centres remains unknown.

Why a Manipur border town is home to a large Tamil community

December 05, 2025 2:44 pm

A throwaway line in Family Man 3 opens a window into a century of movement between India and Burma—and how Moreh became home to thousands of Tamil-speaking families.

How online job trap landed Chandigarh youths in Myanmar cyber-slave camps, beatings and electric shocks followed

November 29, 2025 10:30 pm

Two Chandigarh youths trafficked to Myanmar for cyber scams after fake online job offers. Tortured, monitored and forced into “love scams” before rescue by Indian agencies.

3 held for trafficking 41 as 'cyber slaves' to 4 countries

November 15, 2025 8:25 pm

The victims were lured with fake promises of high-paying data entry jobs.

Myanmar paraglider attack: At least 24 killed in Myanmar after paraglider drops bombs at Buddhist festival

October 09, 2025 11:26 am

Paraglider bomb attack in Myanmar, Thadingyut festival bombing: The incident took place when about 100 people had gathered at Chaung U township on Monday to celebrate the Thadingyut festival, which has its Buddhist roots.

At least 19 students killed at Myanmar boarding school as junta escalates air war: Armed group

September 15, 2025 3:06 pm

Children were killed and injured at the boarding school in Kyauktaw Township in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said in a statement.

Myanmar's ex-leader Suu Kyi's health worsening in military custody, son says

September 08, 2025 11:31 am

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has also suffered from bone and gum issues, and it is likely she had been injured in an earthquake in March that killed more than 3,700 people.

Symbol of British ambition in Asia: Myanmar's Gokteik Bridge, once tallest in the world, toppled by war

August 25, 2025 10:49 pm

Spanning 2,260 feet across a gorge in the rugged Shan hills, the viaduct towered 320 feet above the valley floor, making it the longest railway trestle in the world when it opened in 1901

In Pics: Buildings collapse, Ava Bridge falls after 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar

March 28, 2025 2:42 pm

Multiple are feared trapped in the rubble of collapsed structures after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Bangkok on Friday.

10 photos that show destruction caused by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar

May 19, 2023 6:37 pm

Myanmar official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, aid is being provided

Elections delayed, state of emergency extended: Myanmar continues its protests

February 02, 2023 2:15 pm

Myanmar’s military government announced Wednesday that is extending a state of emergency originally imposed when it seized power two years ago.

Myanmar junta orders martial law in 6 Yangon townships amid clashes

March 15, 2021 2:36 pm

At least 39 people were killed Sunday and dozens were injured in one of the deadliest days of the crackdown, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an independent group tracking the toll of the violence. Most of those killed were in Yangon, where two townships, Hlaing Thar Yar and neighboring Shwepyitha were being placed under martial law.

Myanmar protesters defy curfew; media outlets ordered shut

March 09, 2021 6:15 pm

The night's street protests began after police cordoned off part of Yangon's Sanchaung neighborhood and were believed to be conducting door-to-door searches for those who fled attacks by security forces to seek shelter in the homes of sympathetic strangers.

Myanmar: At least six reportedly shot dead as security forces extend crackdown on protests

March 03, 2021 6:48 pm

Protesters in Myanmar prepared for more demonstrations against junta rule on Monday, defying a crackdown a day earlier that killed at least 18 people in the bloodiest violence since the military seized power one month ago.

Myanmar security forces disperse anti-coup protesters

February 26, 2021 5:26 pm

Security forces in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon have fired warning shots and beat truncheons against their shields while moving to disperse more than 1,000 anti-coup protesters today.

Reuters journalists freed from Myanmar jail after 511 days

May 09, 2019 10:38 am

Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars.

Myanmar jails Reuters journalists for 7 years amid global outrage

September 04, 2018 1:04 pm

A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday on charges of illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international condemnation.

Rohingya Muslim refugees: What fleeing from their homes in Myanmar looks like

September 07, 2017 4:26 pm

More than 200,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from the Aung San Suu Kyi led Myanmar towards neighbouring countries. As the refugees claim crackdown and violence by security forces, Suu Kyi faces heat from global leaders to deal with the situation. The United Nations, meanwhile, had labelled the Rohingyas the most persecuted people on earth.

Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Why Rakhine Jihad Is An Emerging Nightmare For Bangladesh

June 22, 2020 6:53 pm

Indian Buddhist monks march for peace in Myanmar

February 12, 2016 9:37 am

New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): As Myanmar moves towards new government formation, Indian Buddhist monks initiated a ‘Peace Yatra’ in Myanmar led by His Eminence Drukpa Thuksey Rinpoche, a spiritual regent to His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa. The peace padyatra witnessed tens of thousands gathered at the 2,500 years old Shwedagon Pagoda, to seek the blessings of the sacred 2,600 year- old-bone relic of the Buddha. The yatra initiated by the monks was aimed at enabling India and Myanmar to work together for ensuring a smooth transition along with the blessings of Buddha and messages of compassion, wisdom and loving-kindness. The peace padh yatra which showed significant signs of peace and stronger relationship between the two countries, witnessed Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Gautam Mukhopadhaya, attending the prayer sessions in the Shwedagon Pagoda.On bringing the sacred Buddha bone relic to Myanmar, Gautam Mukhopadhaya said it is a very rare occasion where the relic has been brought out of the country and will definitely prove as a meeting point of two traditions.

Aung San Suu Kyi holds massive election rally in Yangon

November 02, 2015 11:44 am

Aung San Suu Kyi held her biggest rally yet ahead of Myammar’s November 8 election.