Tag: Myanmar
Miss Myanmar Thae Su Nyein caused a stir! She did not come first in the beauty contest and had a nervous breakdown.
Miss Myanmar Thae Su Nyein, who represented her country in the Miss Grand International competition, had a nervous breakdown when she learned that she could not place in the competition.…
Report: Myanmar sinks to worst in the world in terms of internet freedom, along with China | Foreign countries
Globally, internet freedom worsened for the fourteenth year in a row, says the Freedom House organization. Internet freedom is weakest among the countries studied in two Asian countries, Myanmar and…
Southeast Asian countries experience tropical storm disaster! Death toll exceeds 700
Hundreds of people have died in disasters caused by a succession of typhoons and tropical storms in Southeast Asia this year during the severe monsoon season in Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand…
Floods claim more than 220 lives in Myanmar | News in brief
In Myanmar, at least 226 people have died in the floods caused by typhoon Yagi and at least 77 are missing, state television reports. In addition, almost 260,000 hectares of…
Cyclone Yagi has caused the death of at least 74 people in Myanmar | News in brief
The head of the junta made a rare request for help abroad. Cyclone Yagi, which raged in Southeast Asia, had caused the death of at least 74 people in Myanmar…
Even more dead in typhoon Myanmar
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A car submerged in the bodies of water in the Naypyidaw region of Myanmar. The picture was taken on September 14. Photo: Aung Shine Oo/AP/TT…
Residents flee fighting at border town in Myanmar
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreen Refugees from eastern Myanmar making their way to Thailand. Photo: Warangkana Wanichachewa/AP/TT Intense fighting in a town in eastern Myanmar on the border with Thailand has…
UN: The military junta has made life in Myanmar a never-ending nightmare | Foreign countries
Myanmar’s military is arresting, torturing and killing dissidents indiscriminately while the world’s attention is elsewhere. Three years of military rule has led to unbearable brutality in Myanmar, and people are…
Myanmar rebels seize border town
full screen Rebel groups in Mynamar claim they have captured the key border town of Laukkai. Photo: Kyaw Ko Lin Via AP/TT An alliance of rebel groups in Myanmar claims…
The intensifying clashes in Myanmar have driven tens of thousands of people from their homes
The Arakan army group opposing the military junta in Myanmar and its allies say they have taken over several cities and captured weapons. Sari Taussi, Erja Tuomaala Clashes between the…