The tour comes as Myanmar's new government tries to consolidate its political position regionally, while continuing to wage a brutal civil war.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Myanmar's President U Min Aung Hlaing to enhance bilateral relations, focusing on connectivity and trade.

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing arrived for his first trip abroad since becoming civilian leader, for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

As a UN special representative to Africa in 2013, he had tapped retired US generals to negotiate for peace. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has regained control of two towns near the country’s borders with India and Thailand.

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, more than five years after the military ousted the civilian government she led and jailed the Nobel laureate.

The ruby is considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in Myanmar, but more valuable due to its superior color and quality.

As the rebranded Naypyitaw regime fast-tracks Chinese infrastructure projects, Beijing has launched a major media offensive to counter historic public backlash.

The deal was made even though Israel has claimed it stopped defense technology transfers to Myanmar following a 2017 ruling by Israel's Supreme Court. Israel's Cognyte Software won a tender to sell intercept spyware to a Myanmar state-backed ...

Under monsoon skies leaden with rain, Myanmar rice farmers despondently tend their paddy fields, doubtful the deluge will bring bountiful harvests during a fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by the Iran war.