From tour guide to tycoon, Aung Myo Min Din’s rise tracks Myanmar’s early 2000s tourism boom—and the military ties, land seizures and controversies that followed.
Myanmar’s military-backed party has won the recent election, according to final official figures. The Union Solidarity and ...
In addition to the airline, Aung Aung Zaw established 24 Petroleum Limited in 2021, which imports gasoline, diesel ...
The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to ...
The Myanmar Power and Solar Energy Storage Lighting Expo 2026 at the Yangon Convention Center drew a hoard of visitors. - Xinhua YANGON: Under the bright lights of Yangon's exhibition halls, rows of ...
Human rights groups and some western countries have denounced the election, the first held since the 2021 coup, describing it as neither free nor fair Myanmar’s military-backed party has completed a ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled Myanmar during an army crackdown in 2017 Myanmar has denied committing genocide against the Ronhingya people, saying The Gambia has failed to provide ...
Tiny The Gambia was the first to take another country to the ICJ as a third-party rights defender. Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer ...
Aung San Suu Kyi lived a quiet life in the UK, far removed from Myanmar’s fraught politics, raising two children with her husband. She had no intention of getting into politics even when she returned ...
YANGON: Dr. Myint Htwe (pic), who served as Union Minister for Health and Sports during the National League for Democracy government, passed away in Thailand on January 26, it has been learned.