NLD Begins Second Party Congress to Elect New Executive Committee

Dawei businessman has interests in hotels, property and a security firm

New research warns China's Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor could face stiff public resistance if the projects fail to engage local communities.

USDP spokesman U Thein Tun Oo said an office for the special envoy in the country's capital would put Myanmar's sovereignty and unity at risk.

Myo Zaw Oo was arrested and charged under the Myanmar Penal Code for the rape and murder of Ma Shwe Yee Win, 26, a deputy supervisor of the FDA, in January.

The chief minister of Karenni State said his govt would push ahead with its plan to erect a large statue of Gen Aung San in the state capital despite some local opposition.

Nineteen Chinese citizens arrested at a beauty parlor allegedly operating as a brothel in Yangon face new charges on top of those filed under the Suppression of Prostitution Law.

Political circles are speculating that U Shwe Mann will establish a political party to contest the 2020 elections. Publicly, the ex-general is noncommittal.

Modern technology is fueling the modern-day slave trade. Experts wonder if the same high-tech toolkit can be used against the traffickers to rescue victims and stop slavery.

Police seize at least 18 billion kyats in property from suspects, open cases under Anti-Narcotics Law.