Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar pardons more than 24,000 prisoners
YANGON: Myanmar began releasing tens of thousands of inmates Friday after President Win Myint announced an amnesty on the first day of the traditional...
Myanmar army finds wreckage, bodies from missing plane
Yangon - Myanmar's army said Thursday it had found wreckage and bodies from a military transport flight that crashed in the Andaman Sea a...
Myanmar seeks to reassure South-East Asian neighbours over Rohingya
Yangon - Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi sought to reassure her South-East Asian neighbours on Monday amid growing concern for the country's...
Malaysia’s PM berates Myanmar in pro-Rohingya rally
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's leaders joined thousands of ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday to protest what they called "ethnic...
Myanmar picks first civilian president in over 50 years
Yangon (dpa) - Close Aung Sang Suu Kyi advisor Htin Kyaw won a parliamentary vote Tuesday to become Myanmar's first civilian president in over...
Myanmar’s still-powerful military picks vice-presidential nominee
Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's future leadership took clearer shape Friday, as the parliament in Naypyitaw confirmed three nominees for the posts of president and...
Suu Kyi party in driving seat as Myanmar’s new parliament opens
Yangon (dpa) - Hundreds of newly-elected lawmakers were set to take their place in Myanmar's parliament Monday, after gaining seats in historic elections last...
Outgoing president hails Myanmar’s “bloodless shift” to democracy
Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's outgoing President Thein Sein Thursday praised the country's "bloodless shift" to democracy, as the country's outgoing parliament passed a law...
Myanmar opposition optimistic amid early ballot counts
Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) expressed optimism Monday as ballots were being counted in the country's first openly contested...
India, Myanmar to sign pact on cross-border Bus service
NEW DELHI, June 28 -- India and Myanmar are set to finalise a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cross border bus service, which is aimed at...
