By Moe Nya / MPA Myanmar's military government has expelled Timor-Leste’s top diplomat in the country, citing interference in domestic affairs, in a move that follows a landmark war crimes lawsuit filed against the junta in Dili. Mr...

By Nway / MPA Rebel forces in northern Myanmar have encircled a key police station in Kachin State's Hpakant Township, following a coordinated offensive against multiple military outposts that left six civilians—including four children—injured by artillery fire. At...

By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA The chairman of Myanmar’s military-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC), U Thein Soe, has announced plans to further amend the country's electoral laws, following a recent election widely condemned by critics as a...

By Nway / MPA A seven-year-old boy has been killed and three other children injured after stepping on a landmine while playing in northern Myanmar, a tragedy that coincided with the country's national Children's Day. The explosion occurred...

By Ra Wai / MPA At least 10 residents in Myanmar’s Yangon region have been arrested by the military council after their identity cards were used to open bank accounts for online fraud syndicates, known locally as "Kyar...

By Nway / MPA Myanmar military troops have detained a married couple who were travelling to a clinic for medical treatment in the central Magway region, local sources say. The incident occurred on the morning of 5 February*...

By Nway / MPA Dr Sein Win, a prominent figure in Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement and the first cousin of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has died in the United States at the age of 83. The National...

By Ko Myo / MPA A young man has died and another has been injured after jumping from the fourth floor of a municipal building in Yangon, in a desperate attempt to escape forced recruitment into the military....

By Hsu Yee/MPA A young novice monk and five other civilians have been killed after Myanmar military fighter jets bombed a Buddhist monastery in the country's north-western Sagaing region on Thursday. Local sources told the Myanmar Pressphoto Agency...

By Ko Myo/MPA Myanmar’s middle class is disappearing and urban poverty has reached alarming levels five years after the military coup, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations has warned. Speaking during a dialogue with the United...