By Ko Myo / MPA YANGON, Myanmar — Intercity bus fares in Myanmar have more than doubled in recent weeks, leading to a sharp decline in travel as a worsening fuel crisis grips the nation. At Yangon’s Aung Mingala Highway Bus Terminal, brokers and operators report that ticket prices continue ...
By Hlaing and Mon Lay / MPA In the dusty outskirts of Yangon, a volunteer fire station has become an unlikely frontline in the struggle to save Myanmar’s youth from a cycle of poverty and crime. Last week, Daw Myint Myint Than, a widowed cleaner from Hlaing Tharyar Township, arrived ...
The Myanmar military junta has announced a drastic rationing scheme for private vehicles, mandating that cars may only be driven on alternate days based on their license plate numbers, in a desperate bid to conserve dwindling fuel supplies. The new regulations, issued on 3 March, dictate that vehicles with even-numbered ...
By Kan Htun / MPA Thousands of civilians in the strategic port town of Kyaukphyu are in urgent need of food, water, and medical aid as the battle between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta intensifies. February 20 marked exactly one year since the AA launched its offensive ...
By Sayar Ngaat / MPA A prominent local journalist has been detained by an unidentified armed group in a resistance-controlled...
