MANILA - Myanmar has released 78 Filipinos who were detained for immigration-related offenses after being trafficked for ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday, April 18, confirmed the release of 78 Filipinos who had been detained in Myanmar for ...

Myanmar authorities have granted amnesty to 4,335 prisoners and also reduced the sentence of former State Counsellor Aung San ...

Newly elected president Min Aung Hlaing also commuted all death sentences and released 4,300 prisoners to mark the Thingyan ...

Thingyan amnesty also trimmed a few years off Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s decades-long sentence, as the new military-installed regime scrambles for legitimacy.

Beijing seems reluctant to advertise its support for the new pseudo-civilian government in Naipyitaw—but extracts its pound of flesh from President Min Aung Hlaing just the same.

The former Burmese president was released from prison Friday as Myanmar commuted all death sentences for serving prisoners to ...

Myanmar’s leader, Min Aung Hlaing, commuted all death sentences in a blanket order on Friday, one of his first official acts ...

Crowds across Myanmar continued to celebrate the traditional Thingyan water festival on Tuesday, the second day of the ...

People celebrate the traditional Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 14, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Splashing ...

Myanmar’s traditional new year celebration, known as Thingyan, takes place over four-to-five days each April, marking the shift from the old year to the new, according to the lunisolar calendar. At ...