Voluntary blood donors in Myanmar help save lives ahead of World Blood Donor Day
YANGON: To mark World Blood Donor Day, which falls on Sunday (June 14), a blood donation event was held on Saturday at the University of Nursing, Yangon, bringing together more than 200 participants.
US man who wrote about 2021 coup detained
An American consultant and author of a memoir on the 2021 coup has been detained.
Despite the risks, dancefloors in Yangon are still packed
In a blaring nightclub in the middle of wartime Yangon, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dancefloor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup curfew.
President Hlaing to visit China tomorrow
President Min Aung Hlaing will visit China for talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping, Beijing said.
Myanmar's president to pay state visit to China from June 15 to 19
BEIJING: At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing (pic) will pay a state visit to China from June 15 to 19, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Friday (June 12).
Myanmar aims to regain control of Myanmar–India border trade route
YANGON: The Tatmadaw (Myanmar armed forces) is undertaking efforts to reopen the Kalay–Tamu route, a key border trade corridor connecting Myanmar and India.
China says holding US citizen suspected of spying and on suspicion of engaging in espionage activities
China said Friday it was holding a US citizen accused of espionage, identifying the man as a political analyst at a policy think tank focusing on neighbouring Myanmar.
A Myanmar rights group urges FIFA to drop Mytel’s World Cup rights over connections to the military
A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to reverse its decision to grant exclusive World Cup broadcast rights to a US-sanctioned company linked to the country's military government that seized power five years ago.
China arrests US scholar of Myanmar on suspicion of spying
Beijing says Min Zin in detention over suspected espionage / Myanmar specialist was detained after flying into Kunming - sources
Yangon's furtive party scene belies Myanmar government's claims of normality
YANGON: In a blaring nightclub in wartime Myanmar, partied-out revellers doze until dawn by the dancefloor, wary of journeying home despite the end of a post-coup curfew.
