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Radio Free Asia is laying off most of its staff and shutting down many of its news broadcasts and streams, amid a funding battle with the Trump administration. Friday’s layoff notices are the ...
Myanmar's military government said on Thursday it will release nearly 5,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the country's new year festivities. Civil rights groups say the junta has arrested thousands ...
Myanmar earthquake survivor Tin Maung Htwe wants ... for fear of an aftershock wreaking more havoc. "I am glad I am free now," Tin Maung Htwe told AFP. "I wouldn't be able to do anything if ...
Under the stricter regime, border passes are issued to people from both Myanmar and India who intend to cross into each other territories, mainly to visit their relatives The Tribune, now ...
A year ago, India decided to scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the border with Myanmar. A unique feature of the India-Myanmar border, the FMR was meant to allow people from the other side ...
Like others desperate for work, he was kidnapped and put to work in one of the online scam centers that operate just across the Thai border in Myanmar, according to his account and statements by ...
Myanmar's military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the Southeast Asian nation's independence day, state media said on Saturday (Jan 4).
Myanmar’s military rulers announced an amnesty for 5,864 prisoners to mark Independence Day, state media reports. Members of a Myanmar military honour guard take part in a ceremony to mark ...
Myanmar’s military rulers will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country’s 77 years of independence from British colonial rule, state media said. The ...
Babies of Myanmar parentage born at a border hospital in Thailand are not entitled to receive free healthcare coverage like Thai nationals even though they are automatically issued with a 13-digit ...
Slavery in Myanmar thrives due to insecurity under a military regime. Chinese trafficking cartels are allegedly demanding up to R200 000 per head from the Kenyan government to free its citizens after ...