At Insein Prison in the country’s biggest city of Yangon, which has been notorious for decades for housing political detainees, relatives of prisoners gathered at the gates from early morning.

In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, Chinatown in Yangon's historic city-center was packed. Moving around required weaving through stalls selling fruit, donuts and crickets coated in ...

Prisoner releases began on Saturday but can take a few days to be completed. In the country’s largest city, Yangon, buses took prisoners out of Insein Prison, where friends and families of ...

YANGON (Bernama): South-East Asia's oldest zoo, the Yangon Zoo, is set to celebrate its 119th anniversary this week, amidst the challenges facing Myanmar. The Yangon Zoological Gardens or Yangon ...

In the country’s largest city, Yangon, buses took prisoners out of Insein Prison, where friends and families of detainees had waited since the morning for the announced releases. Mass prisoner ...