Every day, parliamentarians use Naypyidaw’s on-site library to access books, keep up on current events and get online.
The Irrawaddy’s photographer JPaing recently spent time with SSA-S troops in villages of Kyaukme Township that have been affected by recent fighting.
As El Niño hits the most extreme of its 12- to 18-month cycle, large swaths of Burma have been beleaguered by high temperatures and drought.
Scholars call for the systematic excavation of an ancient city in Irrawaddy Division believed to have been a major center of the ancient Pyu civilization.
A relief group from Burma is assisting ethnic Kurdish troops in Iraq currently fighting against the jihadist group known as ISIS.
Just a few miles from Burma’s national Parliament, farmers plow their fields with water buffalo and prepare the ground for another round of rice.
Rangoon Public Bus Company launched on Monday, with 18 vehicles in service plying a route from Htauk Kyant Junction down Pyay Road.
Despite completion of several overpasses already, it is unclear whether Rangoon’s ambitious construction projects will solve the city’s traffic problems.
Outside the commercial capital Rangoon lies a safe haven that, just over the past four months, has helped more than 200 sick and abandoned felines.
Born in 1941, Maung Di has carved out a career as a versatile artist, seamlessly fashioning himself as a poet, columnist and an illustrator.
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