Facebook ‘ban’ of Anti-Muslim Slur Sparks Myanmar Outcry
Myanmar netizens were in uproar on Monday after Facebook seemingly banned people from posting the word "kalar," often used as ...
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Faced With Ban, Myanmar Hardline Monks Change Name
Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced Sunday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist authorities banned ...
Myanmar’s Hardline Monks Gather Despite Ban
Hundreds of monks and supporters of Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement gathered in a Yangon monastery Saturday, in a ...
Myanmar To Deport Turkish Family Amid Crackdown Fears
Myanmar authorities have detained a Turkish family and are trying to deport them to Turkey, where activists fear they will ...
Zambia Considers Moving Capital To Rural Area
Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland district in the ...
Myanmar Top Buddhist Body Muzzles Hardline Group
Myanmar's top Buddhist body has ordered hardline group Ma Ba Tha to remove all public displays, according to a document ...
Myanmar Stunt Bikers Dazzle On Yangon’s Streets
Skidding and screeching across the concrete the young bikers perform a carefully choreographed dance of gravity-defying stunts, a dazzling display ...
Myanmar Widow Jailed For Throwing Hot Water On Child Servant
A Myanmar widow who threw boiling water on a 14-year-old servant leaving her with horrific burns has been jailed for ...
Myanmar Nationalists Sent To Jail Over US Embassy Protest
Four Myanmar nationalists were held on Friday for inciting violence during anti-Rohingya protests in Yangon last year, after a week ...
Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle
Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left injured in a ...
Myanmar Police Fire Shots To Break Up Nationalist, Muslim Scuffles
Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar's biggest city in ...
India Breaks Into FIFA Top 100 After 21 Years
The Indian men's football team on Thursday climbed to the 100th spot in the latest FIFA world rankings - their ...
India Breaks Into FIFA Top 100 After 21 Years
The Indian men's football team on Thursday climbed to the 100th spot in the latest FIFA world rankings -- their ...
Vatican and Myanmar Agree To Establish Diplomatic Ties
The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian state's ...
The Illegal Abortions Killing Myanmar’s Women
Thiri's heart started pounding and her whole body shook after she swallowed the final dose of pills that would end ...
Myanmar ‘yet To Ask UK To Arrest British Murder Suspect’
A 26-year-old British man wanted for the murder of a compatriot in Myanmar is living freely in Scotland because the ...
Myanmar Wedding Boat Toll Rises To 30
Rescuers Sunday found more bodies from a boat accident in western Myanmar that has now claimed the lives of at ...
20 Killed In Myanmar Wedding Boat Crash
At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at ...
Myanmar Govt Staff Sentenced To Jail For Criticising Army
An official working for Aung San Suu Kyi's government was sentenced to six months in jail in a Yangon court ...
Mixed Bag For Suu Kyi’s Party As Myanmar Ballots Counted
Aung San Suu Kyi's one-year-old government retained most of its seats in Myanmar by-elections Sunday but braced for symbolic losses ...