Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary traditions shaped by centuries ...

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(Sai Aung MAIN/AFP/AFP) The election billboards are shining new in Myanmar's northern town of Nawnghkio, but the homes are still shattered by combat. Myanmar's military clawed back the town in a ...

Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure on ...

In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast. A rebel offensive had swept down from the Chinese border and was threatening Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. For ...

People’s Party candidates speak with residents while campaigning ahead of Myanmar’s general election in Nawnghkio, northern Shan State. (AFP pic) The election billboards are shining new in Myanmar’s ...

Myanmar's military clawed back the town in a pre-election offensive this summer, but political campaigning is coloured by the pall of destruction rather than the promise of democratic renewal. "We are ...

Nawnghkio became a turning-point town in Myanmar's civil war -- captured by a rebel alliance last year, then retaken by the military in July after an 11-month battle. NAWNGHKIO: The election ...

Nay Htoo Naing is a Burmese actor and film director. He is one of the most successful actors in Myanmar's B-rated action film industry and has been regarded as the "Burmese Chuck Norris". Throughout ...