Myanmar

There are millions like Myat Noe who prop up everything from tea rooms to factories

The arrests come as political tensions rise in the former junta-ruled nation ahead of parliamentary elections

Myanmar's Union Election Commission said elections cannot be held in over 400 village areas in tota

Thilawa Special Economic Zone rises rapidly from tropical countryside in recent years with major investment from Japan

Myanmar goes to polls next month in what many hope will be its freest vote in generations after decades of army rule

Thein Sein is eager to sign the ceasefire deal and cement his legacy as a peacemaker before the November 8 polls

National League for Democracy is expected to win the election

Myanmar's Muslims are facing increasing marginalisation under the current quasi-civilian government

The Nobel peace laureate's comments come ahead of a meeting between Myanmar President and ethnic rebel groups

Sets punishments for people who have more than one spouse; earlier law forced women have children three years apart

General Min Aung Hlaing says main concern of armed forces is that vote is carried out fairly

Lethwei fighters say their sport is the toughest member of Southeast Asia's kickboxing family

Ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party has been gripped by in-fighting in run up to November polls

Officials say at least 103 people have been killed and more than one million displaced by flooding

Myanmar state media says authorities handed over 159 people to their Bangladeshi counterparts

Floods from heavy monsoon season have cut through swathes of South and Southeast Asia in recent weeks

Myanmar government has appealed for international aid to bolster relief efforts

Hundreds have also perished in recent days in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam following floods and landslides

Mass sentencing comes after loggers were arrested in January during a crackdown on illegal forestry activities

Despite fasting for Ramazan, scores of Malaysians and Rohingya turned out for the ceremony in Kampung Tualang

China's foreign ministry says China hopes the visit will bolster mutual understanding and trust

Since then, around 4,500 of them have returned to shore, but the UN estimates that 2,000 others are still on the water

There are, however, fresh hopes that growing awareness of the Rohingya plight could open doors overseas

Myanmar refuses to recognise its 1.3 million Rohingya living in the western state of Rakhine as citizens