Myanmar
$100M Methamphetamines seized in Myanmar
Methamphetamines valuing more than $100M was confiscated by policemen in Yangon, Myanmar during their by-bust operation. According to the Burmese authorities, they have found almost 27 million tablets packed in 88 plastic sacks in a white KIA truck parked on Oeain Street near Zaygabar housing in Mingalardone. Police believed that the seized pills have a […]
Huge jade rock discovered in Myanmar
Huge jade rock discovered in Myanmar: An enormous jade boulder has been found in Myanmar that could weigh up to 50 tonnes, and the government has sent soldiers to protect, a state minister announced on Friday. The raw jade rock was reportedly discovered last week by villagers and small-scale miners in Hpakant, a gem-rich region […]
Myanmar returns to international stage with successful SEA Games
Myanmar returns to international stage with successful SEA Games: A spectacular Closing Ceremony brought down the curtain on the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar on Sunday night, as the hosts proved they could put on a highly successful Games in their return to the international stage after decades of isolation under military rule. In […]
SEA Games 2013 Grand Closing Ceremony
SEA Games 2013 Grand Closing Ceremony: As with the Opening Ceremony 11 days ago, Myanmar put on a grand and lavish Closing Ceremony on Sunday to close out a successful 27th SEA Games, the first time the nation has hosted the Games in 44 years. In closing out three weeks of sporting celebration with other […]
SEA GAMES 2013 Swimming: Results Men - Women Category
SEA GAMES 2013 Swimming Team Results Men, Women Category Highlights Sunday December 15, 2013 at Swimming Pool Wunna Theikdi. Singapore team Tao Li 23, wins the 100m backstroke final with a time of 1:02.47 and Daniel Bego Malaysia team clocks second gold medal in swimming in the men’s 400m freestyle. Malaysia swimming team Christina Loh wins […]
SEA GAMES 2013: Boxing Women results Day 11, Philippines Gold
SEA GAMES 2013: Boxing Women, results Day 11, Philippines bags gold in boxing women’s 45-48 kg division. Josie Gabuco defeats Warni Halawa of Indonesia, Saturday at 27th Southeast Asian Games boxing gymnasium of the Wunnum Theikdi National Sports Complex Myanmar. The reigning world titlist who emerged as pinweight champion in the 2011 edition of the […]
Myanmar dazzles with 27th SEA Games opening ceremony
Nay Pyi Taw — The opening ceremony of the 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) was held Wednesday with Myanmar putting on a lavish spectacle of lights and pyrotechnics in an event billed as a coming-out party for the former pariah state. Fireworks and a dramatic lights show were featured in the ceremony held in […]
SEA Games 2013: men’s football Myanmar vs Timor
Yangon — Myanmar pulled out a hard-fought 3-1 win over Timor Leste with two late goals in an exciting SEA Games 2013 Group B match on Monday evening. The Timor Leste team performed much better than in their last outing against Thailand two days ago, as they kept Myanmar from taking an early lead. The […]
SEA Games 2013 Myanmar Date Schedule, Tickets Online
The venues are all set for the 27th edition of SEA Games 2013 (South East Asian Games) to be staged at Wunna Theikdi stadium in Nay Pyi Taw December . The grand opening ceremony is being prepared to showcase Myanmar traditional culture. The tickets for the grand opening and closing ceremonies of the 27th SEA […]
27th SEA Games 2013, Men Football - Myanmar VS Cambodia
The 27th SEA Games 2013 day 4 football men division - Myanmar Vs Cambodia highlight video. Video courtesy of MRTV / Official Youtube Channel for 27th Southeast Asian Games 2013. Myanmar’s national team beat Cambodia 3-0 in the opening game of Group B on Saturday evening. The Host country Myanmar is at the top of the […]
SEA GAMES 2013: MYANMAR NEWS UPDATE, FOOTBALL
MYANMAR— SEA GAMES 2013 News Update: Two days before the grand opening ceremony date, Indonesian women football team withdraws. The 27th South East Asian Games will officially start Dec 11 to 22 Dec 2013. The SEA Games 2013 women’s football competition suffered its second defection, with Indonesia confirming a long-held rumor that they will not […]
Indonesia jails Rohingya Muslims for killing of Buddhists
Medan, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia jailed 14 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar for nine months each for the killing of eight Buddhists from their country in an Indonesian detention center. The incident occurred in April when the Rohingya asylum-seekers bludgeoned to death the Buddhists, who were detained for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters, as […]
Asian: 27th SEA Games 2013 Host, Naypyidaw, Yangon, and Mandalay Myanmar
Asian 27th SEA Games 2013 will be held jointly with the co-host cities Naypyidaw, Yangon, and Mandalay in Myanmar on December 11 grand opening ceremony until Decenber 22, 2013 at Zabuthiri Stadium as the main sport’s venue. Myanmar 27th SEA Games award’s this year 2013 with more than 1500 medals: 460 gold and silver as […]
Myanmar boy found with methamphetamine in Thailand
Kanchanaburi, Thailand — A lost and crying seven-year-old Myanmar boy was found on the roadside with a stash of 10,000 methamphetamine pills in his backpack by Thai police, apparently having been tricked into carrying the drugs. Police said they were notified of the lost boy who could not speak the Thai language. After taking him […]
Myanmar arrests 3 Buddhists in mosque bomb plot
Yangon- Three suspects have been arrested in Myanmar for planning bomb attacks on mosques as religious tensions continue after waves of anti-Muslim violence. All three are Buddhist men from the western state of Rakhine, where clashes have killed some 250 and left 140,000 displaced, mostly Rohingya Muslims. “They were planning to plant bombs at mosques, […]
Myanmar frees 69 more political prisoners
Yangon — President Thein Sein of Myanmar pardoned 69 political prisoners on Friday as part of a promise to free all such prisoners by the end of this year. The announcement came as Myanmar hosts several international delegations, including former US president Bill Clinton and former British prime minister Tony Blair. Two of those freed […]
Islamic delegation met by Buddhist protesters in Myanmar
Yangon — As delegates from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) arrived in Myanmar Wednesday they were met by protesters at the airport, including some Buddhist monks, with signs saying “Get Out” and “Don’t interfere in Myanmar’s internal affairs”. The OIC, the world’s largest Islamic political bloc, is on a five-day visit to assess the […]
Boat sinks carrying 70 Muslim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar
Myanmar — A boat carrying some 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar capsized and sunk Sunday in the Bay of Bengal, with only eight survivors found so far, according to reports. Just last Friday the United Nations had expressed concern that 1,500 people had fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state last week in rickety boats, […]
Aung San Suu Kyi trip boosts Myanmar relations with EU
Yangon — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi returned home to Myanmar on Saturday following a two-week European trip that has boosted the country’s links with the EU, say observers. Ms Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate and long-time political prisoner, visited Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Britain and Italy on her second European tour this year, having gone […]
White elephant accidentally kills mahout in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar — An albino elephant, considered an auspicious creature in Myanmar, accidentally killed his mahout who happened to bear the same name as the current president, said a report. Thein Sein, 56, died on the way to the hospital after being accidentally gored by one of three white elephants kept at the Royal White […]
Hundreds fleeing Myanmar on rickety boats says UN
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) Friday said it has received worrying reports that more than 1,500 people fled Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state in rickety boats from the Bay of Bengal last week. The agency said this could be the start of the sailing season when thousands of desperate people in Myanmar risk their lives […]
Classic cars embark on 2 week trip around Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar — A group of classic car enthusiasts have embarked on a two-week road trip around Myanmar in an event organizers hope will help to save aging automobiles in the country from the scrapheap. A total of twenty cars took off from Yangon, including marques such as Mercedes-Benz, Rolls-Royce and Chevrolet, on the 1,429 […]
Myanmar civilians trapped in army vs Kachin rebel fighting
Yangon — The United Nations is seriously concerned for hundreds of civilians in Myanmar who are trapped in a conflict zone in the northern Kachin state amid renewed fighting between the army and rebels. It says over 1,000 people, many of them children, are believed to be running short of food after being caught up […]
Suu Kyi blames Myanmar violence on ‘climate of fear’
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi blamed the violence between Buddhists and Muslims in her country on a “climate of fear” resulting from living many years under a dictatorial regime. “This is the result of our sufferings under a dictatorial regime. I think that if you live under a dictatorship for many years people […]
US$214 million heroin drug bust at Thai-Myanmar border
Myanmar narcotics authorities busted a man with 133 kilograms of heroin on Tuesday in Tachilek town, the largest haul of illicit drugs ever seized along the Thai-Myanmar border in the Chiang Rai area. The heroin was worth over US$214 million (6.66 billion Thai baht). The arrest occurred on the Myanmar side of the Mae Sai […]
Myanmar police say bombings aimed at scaring away investors
Yangon, Myanmar — The recent series of bombings in Myanmar was aimed at scaring away investors, said the national police chief on Friday. A total of 3 people have been killed and 10 injured in 9 different explosions in the past week. Police chief Zaw Win said the bombers were unhappy with the political and […]
Myanmar army to end the use of child soldiers
Myanmar is moving towards eliminating the use of child soldiers in its armed forces, says a report by elevenmyanmar.com. Ministry of Defence Lieutenant-General Myint Soe told the media, “We are trying to be at the stage where there are no more child soldiers in the military,” at the conclusion of three-day high level peace talks with […]
Bodies found of 13 Myanmar migrants from sunken boat
Ranong Province Bodies Found, Thailand — Thai marine police have recovered 13 bodies of Myanmar migrants whose boat sunk during a heavy storm in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Ranong on Wednesday, according to a Bangkok Post report. A spokesman for the 8th Marine Police said three more bodies were recovered Saturday, in […]
U.S. says Myanmar reforms ‘very exciting’ but still ‘incomplete’
Brunei — United States Secretary of State John Kerry says Myanmar’s political reforms are “very exciting” but still “incomplete”, two days after the release of 56 political prisoners. Mr. Kerry made the comments at the ASEAN 2013 summit in Brunei where he is later scheduled to meet with Myanmar President Thein Sein at a regional […]
Myanmar says anti-Muslim violence the work of outsiders
Thandwe, Myanmar — The office of Myanmar President U Thein Sein issued a statement saying the recent anti-Muslim violence in Rakhine State’s Thandwe may have been the work of outside forces, according to reports. A report by state media said, “According to the evidence in hand, rioters who set fire to the villages are outsiders. […]