YANGON, Myanmar -- A woman in Myanmar has been jailed for 15 days for violating a city ban on non-recyclable plastic bags. The Voice news magazine reported Saturday the Chinese market vendor was the ...

It was supposed to be a symbol of power, progress and modernity, the face of a new Myanmar, built at a cost of billions of dollars and immune to foreign invaders and natural disasters. Now the ...

STORY: Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone inundated the Myanmar port city of Sittwe on Sunday (May 14). Winds of up to 130 miles per hour ripped away tin roofs and brought down a ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (AP) — Using brooms and their hands, soldiers and residents of an ancient Myanmar city famous for its historic Buddhist temples began cleaning up debris Thursday from a powerful ...

BANGKOK -- Armed resistance groups fighting Myanmar's military government seized a district capital in the northern part of the country Monday after taking control of state offices and a police ...

Many gathered in Union City on Sunday to raise funds and provide relief for those affected by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar. The Myanmar Community and Cultural Center organized the relief ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An alliance of ethnic armed groups in northeastern Myanmar has reportedly achieved one of the main goals it set when it launched an offensive last October by taking control of Laukkaing ...

Myanmar earthquake: The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has suffered a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The Friday's quake, one of the strongest to hit Myanmar in a century, has damaged ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) -- The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar's second-largest city Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government is denying reports that it sentenced six army generals to death or life imprisonment for their surrender this month of a regional military command ...