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The 69 students were arrested last March for protesting an education bill.

Some are in their 20s, but most are students who dream of going pro.

Teacher Thuzar Mon earns about $30 dollars a month teaching at a monastic school near Myanmar’s commercial center, Yangon.

Almost half of Myanmar’s 26 species of fresh water and land turtles face extinction as humans capture them for illegal wildlife trade.

In a western Myanmar town, Buddhists and Muslims used to live side by side as neighbors. But since 2012, when inter-communal unrest swept through swathes of ...

The recruits will be responsible for directing traffic and reporting suspicious activities to local police stations.

While the western world strives for whiter than white teeth, in one Myanmar hill tribe black teeth are considered beautiful.

Myanmar’s trade ministry says watermelon exports across the Shan and Kachin state border into China bring in about US$100 million a year. But the trade ...

Waste collectors scour the banks of Myanmar’s Yangon River looking for anything plastic that they can sell for recycling.

Myanmar is one of the nations in the world most vulnerable to extreme weather and losses linked to climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index ...

During the military junta, many left for Thailand where they earned money posing for photos. Now they have come home to sell their food and crafts.

The "&Proud" festival took place in a country where same-sex relations are still officially illegal.

Villages across the state are struggling to find water. Although water shortages are a yearly occurrence, they began earlier than usual this year – likely due ...

The government has struggled to contain rising anti-Islam sentiment since sectarian violence broke out in western Rakhine State in 2012.

The Wildlife Conservation Society estimates that only two thousand of the birds are left in the wild in Myanmar.

The United Nations has called recent violence against the Rohingya ‘a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.’

Massive pro-democracy protests spread across Myanmar in 2007, drawing tens of thousands into the streets.

They face dangers from trawling, pollution, habitat destruction and poaching all of which directly impact the number coming to nest on the country's beaches.

Global Witness says Myanmar jade sales are worth up to $31 billion a year.

Pilgrims travel to the Buddhist temple to pin their hopes on the pythons slinking across the temple's floors.

As Myanmar hurtles into the 21st century after decades of junta-imposed isolation, a handful of tech entrepreneurs are using virtual reality to preserve the ...

With freedoms flowing under a new democratic government, the stage is set for a cinematic renaissance.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits northern Rakhine State for the first time since an army crackdown against the Rohingya Muslims began in late August.

Blades from the Shan state village of Hamngai are famous for being light and easy to handle.

Edible birds nests have become one of the main industries in Bokpyin, Myanmar and are sold to neighboring China.

Gold mines in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state hold the potential for vast amounts of wealth. But so far, losers outnumber winners. And the influx of fortune ...

Poppy growing in Shan state has helped make Myanmar the world’s second biggest source of opium, after Afghanistan.

Rogue fishing gangs are killing the dolphins in record numbers -- threatening the livelihoods of local fishermen as well.

The city's country parks are a necessary balm for stressed out residents.

In the Samaki Meanchey community, villagers earned a living collecting and selling garbage. Now they make handicrafts to sell in local markets.