Myanmar has called on foreign governments to take back their nationals who have been detained in a crackdown on scam hubs in ...

Kayin farmer Khaw Mying looks up to the dark, cloudy sky as she attaches a bamboo panel onto the side of her makeshift hut in the temporary camp for displaced people at the edge of a rubber tree ...

Floods after heavy monsoon rains displaced more than 16,000 people in Myanmar, local media reported on Thursday. A total of 16,792 people were displaced by floods -- which began over the weekend in ...

Displaced families face the devastating consequences of armed conflict every day, including the loss of their homes and livelihoods, along with limited access to essentials like food, water, education ...

YANGON (Eleven Media Group/ANN): Heavy clashes and fierce fighting are still going on near Myawady in Myanmar's Kayin State and it has caused widespread devastation and displacement. Since March 7, ...

Hundreds of ethnic Kayin have sought refuge in camps to avoid renewed fighting between Myanmar's military and the Kayin National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the country's south-east. Some 300 Kayin ...

Coming down the steps of the Ya The Byan cave, I see a tuk-tuk full of backpackers roll up to the entrance. They get down, their white skin lashed red from the strong sun, blond hair matted with a ...

Today's headlines: Blaze destroys textile market in Dhaka; China and the United Arab Emirates conclude the first yuan transaction; Rahul Gandhi's two-year prison sentence suspended until at least 13 ...

Many local residents travel long distances to work in Rangoon or Thailand Hpa-an, the little capital of Kayin, or Karen, State is set among jagged, green limestone hills along the banks of the Salween ...

Yangon/Hpa An (ICRC) – In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent assistance from the Myanmar ...

Swe Zin Htet (Front) waves after winning the crown of Miss Universe Myanmar 2019 in Yangon, Myanmar, May 31, 2019. Swe Zin Htet, from Myanmar's Kayin state, was crowned the title of "Miss Universe ...