According to conservationists, city officials should showcase Yangon's heritage to increase its appeal, much like Penang and Singapore have done. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript ...

The grand vision of Yangon’s regional government, which created the New Yangon City Development Company (NYDC) in March last year to partner with a Chinese state investment firm, is to build a ...

Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Myanmar’s subsequent economic stagnation left Yangon with more colonial buildings than any other city in South-East Asia. But the grand edifices were neglected during the long years of military ...

The bar street in Yangon's Chinatown, Myanmar, January 22, 2025. LE MONDE. Today, raids still take place, but signs of the military's presence in the city are discreet.

Yangon is the country’s largest city and remains the biggest commercial centre and main transit hub of the country, as well as home to historical colonial buildings and impressive landscape.

Central Mandalay city, the second biggest with 1.7 million inhabitants suffered some of the worst destruction (archived link). The tremor flattened a building as far away as Bangkok in ...

YANGON - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted buildings in Myanmar's largest city and commercial hub of Yangon on Monday at about 8:50 p.m. (1420 GMT). There were no immediate reports of major damage or ...

YANGON – It was close to ... Staff at a major hotel in the city centre have advised guests to stay indoors after 8pm. The nearby Kyauktada Police Station, displaying a large sign declaring ...