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Myanmar or Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is a country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. With a size of 676,578 square kilometres, Myanmar is the largest of the Mainland Southeast Asian states by area. As of 2017, the population is about 54 million. Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997.

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Thailand shutdown triggers migrant exodus into Myanmar Hundreds of Myanmar migrant workers were seen fleeing Thailand on Tuesday days after Bangkok announced a shutdown of entertainment businesses and malls to curb the virus outbreak. Libby Hogan reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:27Published 1 week ago

Myanmar: Karen minority demands protection in peace park Despite a ceasefire agreed upon in 2012, a fight by Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority for greater autonomy continues. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:50Published on March 8, 2020

Transforming trash into hip treasures in Myanmar Stitch by stitch, bottle by bottle, 68-year-old Wendy Neampui from Yangon is turning trash into fashionable apparel at her upcycle shop called "ChuChu House". Libby Hogan reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:59Published on March 5, 2020


Myanmar violence: Thousands displaced by fresh fighting Government forces are fighting the Arakan Army in the state. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:55Published on March 4, 2020

Sand dredging sucking up Myanmar's Salween river Farmers along the Salween river in Myanmar say they've lost acres of farmland close to a dredging site by a Singapore-based company. There's little transparency in the industry and as other countries.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:06Published on March 4, 2020

Sand dredging sucking up Myanmar's largest river Farmers along the Salween river in Myanmar say they've lost acres of farmland close to a dredging site by a Singapore-based company. There's little transparency in the industry and as other countries.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:06Published on March 4, 2020

Inside Rohingya camps: Government invites media to Myanmar Many rights groups say conditions in Myanmar do not guarantee a safe return for the Rohingya. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 05:28Published on March 2, 2020

Rohingya crisis: Refugees afraid to return home to Myanmar Afraid to return home, Myanmar's Rohingya refugees are stuck in camps in Bangladesh, three years on from a military crackdown. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:27Published on March 1, 2020

Coronavirus spread wipes trillions off markets As the world prepares for a feared coronavirus pandemic, more new countries reported their first cases; many originating from Italy and Iran. Lucy Fielder reports. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:18Published on February 28, 2020

Rising sea levels destroy Myanmar village Three years ago, villagers watched as the Sittaung River on Myanmar’s coast crept closer to them, swollen by powerful tidal surges sea that eroded its banks. Eventually, they were forced to flee... Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:51Published on February 27, 2020

Yangon: Scores of people rescued from a blazing building in Myanmar's commercial hub Around 60 fire trucks raced to the 12-storey apartment block as smoke and flames spread through the building.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published on February 23, 2020

Facebook suspends networks of fake accounts from Russia, Iran Facebook, which has struggled to stop governments and political groups from using its platform to spread false or misleading information, announced it has shut down fake accounts from countries.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:12Published on February 12, 2020

Myanmar Shelling Kills Two Women, Injures Seven Rohingya Two women were killed and seven other people were wounded when shells hit a Rohingya village in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Saturday. The shelling came two days after the United Nations’ highest.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:40Published on February 3, 2020

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Coronavirus threatens Myanmar's most vulnerable in displacement camps Around 350,000 people are sitting in the path of a "public health catastrophe", says Human Rights Watch. BBC News - Published 21 hours ago
Myanmar charges journalist under terrorism law, blocks news websites A Myanmar court charged a journalist who published an interview with the Arakan Army rebel group under a terrorism law on Tuesday while his website and others that cover conflict in the troubled.. Reuters - Published 2 days ago

Myanmar reports first coronavirus death as case numbers rise Myanmar reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday, a 69-year-old man who also had cancer and died in a hospital in the commercial capital of Yangon, a government spokeswoman said. Reuters - Published 2 days ago
Myanmar reports first cases of coronavirus Myanmar reported its first confirmed cases of coronavirus in two men who had recently traveled to the United States and the United Kingdom. Reuters - Published 1 week ago
Myanmar army withdraws criminal complaint against Reuters Myanmar’s army said on Wednesday it had withdrawn a criminal complaint it filed against Reuters news agency after being requested to do so by the Myanmar Press Council and in the interest of good.. Reuters - Published 2 weeks ago

India cancels almost all visas, closes Myanmar border, as regional coronavirus cases rise India said on Wednesday it will suspend the vast majority of visas to the country in a wide-reaching attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as cases across the region continued to rise. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
Smallest dinosaur found 'trapped in amber' Scientists say a fossil from Myanmar represents the tiniest dinosaur ever found. BBC News - Published 3 weeks ago
India closes a border, extends travel curbs as regional coronavirus cases rise India ramped up travel restrictions and closed a border with neighboring Myanmar to counter the coronavirus outbreak, as countries across South Asia reported a rise in cases on Wednesday. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
Myanmar's parliament blocks bid by Suu Kyi party to reduce army power Myanmar’s parliament blocked a bid by the party of leader Aung San Suu Kyi to reduce the role of the military in politics on Tuesday, almost a decade into a troubled democratic transition. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago

Myanmar army sues Reuters for criminal defamation: police Myanmar police said the army had filed a lawsuit against Reuters news agency and a local lawmaker for criminal defamation, weeks after the military objected to a news story published about the death of.. Reuters - Published 3 weeks ago
Foreign attaches safe after helicopter crashes in Myanmar: diplomat Foreign military attachés aboard a Myanmar military helicopter escaped serious injury when it crashed in eastern Myanmar on Friday afternoon, a Western diplomat told Reuters. Reuters - Published on March 6, 2020
Army helicopter carrying diplomats crashes in Myanmar: spokesman A military helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashed in eastern Myanmar on Friday afternoon, injuring two pilots, a military spokesman said. Reuters - Published on March 6, 2020	As Myanmar farmers lose their land, sand mining for Singapore is blamed From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar, Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields. Reuters - Published on March 4, 2020
Myanmar turns away cruise ship over coronavirus fears Myanmar stopped a cruise boat carrying hundreds of tourists from docking in the country, a senior tourism official said on Tuesday, citing fears passengers could be carrying the coronavirus. Reuters - Published on March 3, 2020	Myanmar army clash with insurgents kills five Rohingya: lawmaker, residents At least five ethnic Rohingya were killed, including a child, and several injured after troops clashed with insurgents in Myanmar's conflict-torn western state of Rakhine, a lawmaker and two residents.. Reuters - Published on March 1, 2020
Myanmar students face charges over internet shutdown protest: student union A Myanmar student union said on Monday police were seeking to press charges against nine of its members for organizing a protest against an eight-month-long internet shutdown in the restive west of the.. Reuters - Published on February 24, 2020	Myanmar put on money-laundering watchlist An international financial watchdog placed Myanmar on its money-laundering watchlist on Friday, urging the country at the heart of Asia's illicit drug-producing "Golden Triangle" to boost its efforts.. Reuters - Published on February 21, 2020
Dozens of Rohingya face charges for illegal travel in Myanmar after fleeing Rakhine state Dozens of Rohingya Muslims, including two children, appeared in court in Myanmar on Friday, the latest group to face charges after attempting to flee conflict-torn Rakhine state. Reuters - Published on February 21, 2020	Myanmar to court-martial more troops over Rohingya crackdown, army says Myanmar's army said in a statement on Friday it would hold more court-martials over alleged abuses against Rohingya Muslims, after a government-appointed commission said soldiers committed war crimes.. Reuters - Published on February 21, 2020
Exclusive: Myanmar set to be placed on global money laundering watchlist - sources Myanmar is set to be placed on a watchlist by a global finance watchdog this week, amid concerns of money-laundering by transnational drug traffickers and weak regulation of its financial system, two.. Reuters - Published on February 19, 2020	Shelling wounds at least 19 children in Myanmar’s Rakhine: authorities At least 19 children were wounded when a primary school was hit by shelling in Myanmar's Rakhine state, a lawmaker and a military spokesman said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on February 14, 2020
At least 19 children hurt by shelling at school in Myanmar’s Rakhine state: authorities At least 19 children were wounded when at a primary school was hit by shelling in Myanmar's Rakhine state, a lawmaker and a military spokesman said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on February 13, 2020	Myanmar nationalists hold pro-military rally amid tensions with government Hundreds of Myanmar nationalists rallied in the country's commercial capital on Sunday in a show of support for the military, amid tensions between the civilian government and the army ahead of.. Reuters - Published on February 9, 2020
Myanmar reimposes internet shutdown in conflict-torn Rakhine, Chin states: telco operator Myanmar has reimposed an internet shutdown in two conflict-torn western states, after partially lifting the blackout five months ago, a leading telecoms operator said late on Monday. Reuters - Published on February 5, 2020	Two Rohingya women killed in Myanmar shelling Two women, one pregnant, were killed and seven other people were wounded when shells hit a Rohingya village in Myanmar's Rakhine state on Saturday, Jan. 25. Reuters - Published on February 3, 2020
Myanmar students flown home from coronavirus-stricken Wuhan Dozens of Myanmar students were evacuated from the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan early Sunday, government officials said, the latest foreign nationals to be flown home from the region. Reuters - Published on February 2, 2020	US travel ban: Trump puts restrictions on six more countries Citizens from countries including Nigeria and Myanmar will not be allowed visas to immigrate to the US. BBC News - Published on January 31, 2020
Myanmar turns back China Southern flight over coronavirus fears: government spokesman Authorities in Myanmar turned back a China Southern flight from Guangzhou with almost everyone on board on Friday after one of the passengers was found with flu symptoms similar to the fast-spreading.. Reuters - Published on January 31, 2020	'Now they can chase their dreams': Bangladesh allows Rohingya children to study Rohingya refugees reacted with surprise and joy on Wednesday to the news that Bangladesh would provide formal education to their children, two and a half years after they were forced to flee Myanmar. Reuters - Published on January 29, 2020
Myanmar already protecting Rohingya, ruling party says after world court's order Myanmar has put in place measures to protect Rohingya Muslims, a spokesman for the ruling party said on Friday, shrugging off an order from the International Court of Justice a day earlier to stop.. Reuters - Published on January 24, 2020	‘The gate of justice is opened’: Rohingya cheer as World Court orders Myanmar to protect them Rohingya Muslims celebrated a decision by the International Court of Justice to order Myanmar to protect them, hovering over mobile phones in refugee camps to watch the first legal victory since a.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar democracy icon who fell from grace Once a beacon for human rights, Myanmar's leader is accused of turning a blind eye to abuses. BBC News - Published on January 23, 2020	World Court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from acts of genocide The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Rohingya population from atrocities, a ruling hailed as a "triumph of international justice" by the.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020
Explainer: Highest U.N. court can tell states what to do - but not enforce In ordering Myanmar on Thursday to take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against its Muslim Rohingya minority, the International Court of Justice in The Hague was handing down a binding ruling.. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020	World Court orders Myanmar to impose measures to protect Rohingya The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take sweeping provisional measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population and avoid acts that could constitute genocide. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020
World court acts to prevent Rohingya genocide The decision comes despite Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's defence arguments. BBC News - Published on January 23, 2020	World Court says has preliminary jurisdiction in Myanmar genocide case The International Court of Justice said on Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear a case against Myanmar seeking emergency measures to prevent it committing genocide against its Rohingya minority. Reuters - Published on January 23, 2020