The Myanmar military regime abruptly lifted a nighttime curfew in Yangon, the country’s largest city, nearly five years after ...

FeatureLe Monde managed to visit Myanmar's largest city despite the war. The city has lost none of its buzz, our journalist reports. Yet, beneath the festive atmosphere, many residents are pessimistic ...

A New Zealander charged with insulting Buddhism in a drinks promotion at a bar in the Myanmar capital will soon learn his fate. The court will hand down its judgment on March 17. Earlier on Tuesday, ...

The Rich Bar, in a district of Yangon, in 2023. « LE MONDE » In Yangon, people are partying, dancing and shopping. Strange as it may seem, the economic capital of Myanmar in the throes of a civil war ...

YANGON: Behind a wooden counter in downtown Yangon’s Coffee Club, the unmistakable hiss of a barista steaming milk briefly drowns out a funky soundtrack piped through a store filled with students ...

A Myanmar court has denied a New Zealand bar manager bail after he was arrested for allegedly insulting Bhuddism in Facebook marketing for his nightspot in the capital Yangon. Philip Blackwood, ...

YANGON: Myanmar's junta, which has appealed for international aid to cope with the disastrous impact of Cyclone Nargis, is barring foreign journalists from entering the country and has expelled one ...

YANGON -- Myanmar pardoned more than 100 prisoners Friday, including a New Zealander and 34 others jailed on political charges, officials said, days before a historic political transition that will ...