The country's most powerful armed rebel group has played a prominent role in battling the pandemic in the areas under its control. After rapid growth in the garment sector during the country's period ...

Chinese and Thai authorities have tried to crack down on violent criminal gangs running vast fraud operations in Myanmar's ...

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar announced the extension of Covid-19 preventive measures until July 31, according to the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Covid-19 at the weekend. The ...

Myanmar’s Covid-19 crisis is spiraling out of control, as the coronavirus spreads among the most marginalized populations, including those in the country’s prisons. The escalation of politically ...

Even as COVID-19 continues to leave a trail of tragedy in its wake, Myanmar is just waking up its full effects. However, as the country's consumers begin to confine themselves at home and follow the ...

Globally, World Bank Group COVID-19 support since April 2020 includes deployment of up to US$160 billion in financial support to help more than 100 countries protect the poor and vulnerable, support ...

June 21 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta-controlled health ministry reported 595 cases of COVID-19 on Monday as daily infections hit the highest since the army seized power in a coup that prompted many ...

On the economic front though, Myanmar faces a much grimmer reality. The World Bank forecasts growth will tumble from 6.8 per cent in 2018–19 to just 0.5 per cent for 2019–20, with the possibility of ...

July 22 (Reuters) - Angered by doctors' support for anti-junta protests, Myanmar's military has arrested several doctors treating COVID-19 patients independently, colleagues and media said, as the ...

(Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to ...

Myanmar is having to weigh competing public health and socioecononmic concerns, all with an eye toward navigating the precarious civil-military balance. A man donates cash to a Buddhist monk wearing ...

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar has decided to extend Covid-19 preventive measures until June 30, according to the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Covid-19. The extension includes ...