Voters in Myanmar cast their ballots in apparently low numbers in a general election, the first since a military coup toppled the last civilian government in 2021.

Despite the junta's assurances, Myanmar's voters did not come out in numbers close to the previous election conducted under ...

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Myanmar will hold the first round of voting in a general election on Sunday in what its military government says will usher in a return to civilian rule following a 2021 coup.

Nowhere does numerology have greater importance in shaping people’s lives than in South-East Asia, where large sums are paid to buy items containing numbers considered lucky. The practice is ...

FOR years, we were warned off going to keep money out of the hands of an oppresive regime. Tourists are now welcome but there is a new threat. Sex workers line the busy backpacker streets of Bangkok, ...

Myanmar on Tuesday marked one year since the military ousted an elected government and took power in a country that has been ruled by generals for five of the past six decades. The coup, which ended ...

YANGON (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslims are not native to Myanmar, the army chief told the U.S. ambassador in a meeting in which he apparently did not address accusations of abuses by his men and said ...

Tourist arrivals in Myanmar almost halved in the last three months of 2007 after the military junta crushed popular monk-led protests, killing at least 31 people, a weekly journal reported. The ...

Feb 1 (Reuters) - Myanmar on Tuesday marked one year since the military ousted an elected government and took power in a country that has been ruled by generals for five of the past six decades. The ...