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Six men were hired to forcefully retrieve debt owed by a currency dealer.

Amnesty International has withdrawn its most prestigious human rights prize from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the Myanmar leader of perpetuating human rights abuses.

Standing Committee statement repeats objection to Tatmadaw’s “new” conditions for implementing the NCA

Police mistook Ko Aung Soe Htike, a travel company director, for a thief who was captured on CCTV stealing a phone and detained and beat him without explaining their motives.

Amid Myanmar's economic slowdown, U Win Myint has asked Parliament to approve a new ministry charged with boosting local and international investment.

Ruling party’s Executive Committee reviewing Nov. 3 poll results, announces ground-level revamp to prepare for 2020 election

A Ta'ang woman died after her motorbike drove over an explosive in Kyaukme Township. In Muse Township, a 13-year-old Mong boy died from an explosive he was playing with.

The electricity coverage will have reached 96 percent of Rakhine State by the end of December, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.

Workers say police sued the four protest leaders on Thursday even after they called off the protest when the factory agreed to rehire the 207 employees it fired in August.

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy is negotiating with suppliers in hopes of lowering fuel oil prices to less than 1,000 kyats per liter in Yangon.

The driver sent the SUV into a stream in Rakhine State on Friday morning after driving the chief minister back from Naypyitaw through the night, a staff member said.

Launched in 2015, the Durable Peace Program has been funding NGOs to help the thousands of families displaced by the civil war in Myanmar's northeast.

Joint Myanmar-Chinese consortium will have concession rights to operate deep seaport in Rakhine as part of the project.

Sources say she bought the 93 acres for $444,000 to establish a forest and open a vocational training school to teach landscaping.