A nationalist Buddhist monk in Myanmar noted for his inflammatory rhetoric has surrendered to police, who have been seeking his arrest for over a year for insulting comments he made about the …
The strategic importance of Myanmar
The Quad, especially India, must leverage Myanmar to counter China, which uses our neighbour to push separatism in North-East …
AICPA and NASBA Expand U.S. CPA Exam Testing to Nepal
Along with eligible citizens or long-term residents of Nepal, qualified candidates from Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and the United States may also write the CPA Exam in …
Fugitive Myanmar monk gives himself up after 18 months on run
A hardline Buddhist monk turned himself in Monday after 18 months on the run — and less than a week before Myanmar’s national elections — a move analysts described as a bid to “influence” the vote.
Myanmar Fugitive Monk Wirathu Hands Himself in to Face Sedition Charges
Hardline Buddhist nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu handed himself over to police in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon on Monday after more than a year on the run from charges of sedition. Wearing a …
Hard slog ahead for Suu Kyi’s party which is expected to win again in Myanmar election
Yangon residents have been holed up at home in the run-up to Myanmar’s Nov 8 general election because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
New Myanmar political party woos voters with grocery truck
As Myanmar prepares for a general election next week, an opposition politician has found a new way of connecting with voters facing novel coronavirus restrictions and getting her message out.
UN Says Myanmar’s Discriminatory Laws Cast Doubt on Fairness of Elections
The U.N. human rights office warns Myanmar’s discriminatory citizenship and electoral laws cast doubt on the fairness of next week’s general elections, putting the country’s professed transition to …
Myanmar people celebrate lighting festival amid Covid-19 gloom and coming elections
YANGON, Nov 1 (Xinhua): The Covid-19 pandemic and the heated political battles for the coming elections has put a damper on mass gatherings and festival celebrations in Myanmar in more than seven …
Myanmar worker had Covid-19 before entering Thailand
The Myanmar migrant worker who was arrested in Phatthalung on Oct 28 and tested positive for Covid-19 had been infected before entering Thailand, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) confirmed …