Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder ... (the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere) to the iconic Empire State Building. Architectural treasures truly are found across the five ...

Cadets of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) preparing for military drills at the group's headquarters in Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, October 2016. (Photo by Paul Vrieze / VOA/ public domain ...

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YANGON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's police have seized 966,000 stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said Monday. The ceasefire ...

Myanmar has faced a worsening humanitarian crisis fueled by political instability since the military took power in February 2021. In 2024, nearly 900,000 people were forced to flee their homes to find ...

BANGKOK--An ethnic armed group in northeastern Myanmar has seized a major crossing ... Self-Administered Zone in the northern part of Shan state, became the fifth crossing seized by the group ...

Myanmar militant arrested ... 10,050 cartridges and 13 magazines were recovered from the five by the state police in partnership with an intelligence agency on the outskirts of Saithah village ...

They have been confiscating aid meant for IDPs in southern Shan State under various pretexts, such as claiming they are collecting taxes. They have also been claiming that fees have to be paid to ...

Assam, a hilly state on the border with Myanmar and Bangladesh, has long served as a gateway to Northeast India, a distant region famed for its cultural individuality and geographical beauty.

China has worked with authorities in Myanmar to crack down on scam centers in northern Shan state, near the Chinese border. In 2023, as ethnic rebel groups gained ground against Myanmar’s ruling ...