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 ...

Over there is Yangon proper, a city of some six million people and the econ Speculative Yangon city mega-project draws ‘white elephant’ concerns for Myanmar - CNA Skip to main content ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...