Myanmar’s junta has followed through on its plan to execute four political prisoners, including a former lawmaker from the ousted civilian government, which it accused of carrying out “brutal and terror acts.”

Myanmar junta executes four political prisoners, it's first capital punishment in decades

Myanmar stopped a cruise boat carrying hundreds of tourists from docking in the country, a senior tourism official said on Tuesday, citing fears passengers could be carrying the coronavirus.

Myanmar turns away cruise ship over coronavirus fears

Myanmar troops deployed to flood-hit parts of the country on Sunday to help with relief efforts after the death toll from a deadly landslide jumped to 48. Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing thousands and triggering landslides.

Myanmar troops help flood rescue after landslide kills 48

Myanmar's foreign ministry on Tuesday denounced a United Nations report that urged world leaders to cut ties with military-linked companies and impose an arms embargo over the Rohingya crisis, saying it was intended to harm the country.

Myanmar says UN calls for sanctions, arms embargo a bid to harm country

United Nations investigators urged world leaders on Monday to impose targeted financial sanctions on companies linked to the military in Myanmar and said foreign firms doing business with them could be complicit in international crimes.

United Nations urges sanctions on Myanmar army businesses, says foreign partners could be complicit

Myanmar has seized 370 kilogrammes (815 pounds) of heroin worth $4.7 million during a raid in the northeast, police said, the latest big bust in the world's second-largest opium producer after Afghanistan.

Myanmar seizes heroin haul worth $4.7 million: Police

"It is very obvious that the army is protecting the jade business and trying to control the land", says the head of Kachin Baptist Organisation

How jade, the precious stone, is funding ethnic conflicts in Myanmar

The unverified video shows men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees suspected of being ethnic rebel fighters

Myanmar must investigate 'army beating' video: Rights groups

Since June last year, over 111,000 people--mostly Rohingyas (the Rakhine Muslims)--have been racially segregated from the Rakhine Buddhists and have been living in crowded IDP camps.

Aung Sang Suu Kyi to lead committee for Rohingyas

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