Floods after heavy monsoon rains displaced more than 16,000 people in Myanmar, local media reported on Thursday. A total of 16,792 people were displaced by floods -- which began over the weekend in ...

Displaced families face the devastating consequences of armed conflict every day, including the loss of their homes and livelihoods, along with limited access to essentials like food, water, education ...

Hundreds of ethnic Kayin have sought refuge in camps to avoid renewed fighting between Myanmar's military and the Kayin National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the country's south-east. Some 300 Kayin ...

Coming down the steps of the Ya The Byan cave, I see a tuk-tuk full of backpackers roll up to the entrance. They get down, their white skin lashed red from the strong sun, blond hair matted with a ...

YANGON: Six people, including two children, lost their lives in an artillery shell explosion in Kawtbaw village, Kyongdoe Township, Kayin State, according to the Information Team of the State ...

After fleeing his home in Myanmar's Kayin (Karen) State for the second time in September 2016 due to military attacks against a local insurgent group, Saw Shwe Tun never imagined he would have to ...

Today's headlines: Blaze destroys textile market in Dhaka; China and the United Arab Emirates conclude the first yuan transaction; Rahul Gandhi's two-year prison sentence suspended until at least 13 ...

Yangon/Hpa An (ICRC) – In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent assistance from the Myanmar ...

Myanmar authorities on Tuesday sentenced a former National League for Democracy (NLD) Chief Minister to 75 years of imprisonment under charges of "corruption". Nang Khin Htwe Myint, a 67-year old ...

Swe Zin Htet (Front) waves after winning the crown of Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar, May 31, 2019. Swe Zin Htet, from Myanmar's Kayin state, was crowned the title of "Miss Universe ...