YANGON: Dec 5 is International Volunteer Day, a day dedicated to honouring those whose quiet acts of service hold communities ...

Over the past five years, China has overhauled its foreign-related legislation, enacting key statutes such as the Foreign Relations Law, Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law and a revised Anti-Money Laundering ...

In conflict-affected regions of Myanmar, landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) continue to cause life changing ...

The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has pledged S$250,000 (US$192,800) to five national societies in Asia, where communities have ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade as the nation enduring a long conflict remains ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war ...

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday. A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, resulting in mounting casualties and flattened ...

A resistance group in Myanmar has reportedly detained a candidate for the election scheduled for later this month.

The elections are a clear attempt by the regime to gain legitimacy and sideline the government in exile. But they open the ...

Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year as ...

As China cut domestic extraction, uncontrolled mining in areas of Myanmar ruled by powerful ethnic armies has boomed.

A new election law imposes harsh criminal penalties for "any speech, organising, inciting, protesting, or distributing leaflets in order to destroy a part of the electoral process." ...