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Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in military-ruled Myanmar and detained for more than three months, said his experience made him more determined to tell the story of people there. “I feel I can understand their feelings more,”&...

TOKYO, Nov 28, (AP): Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in military-ruled Myanmar and detained for more than three months, said his experience made him more determined to tell the story of people there. “I feel I can understand their feelings more,” he said

An Australian economist released last week after nearly two years in a Myanmar jail on Tuesday told of interrogations in leg irons, squalor and the sounds of

This week brought a big announcement in Myanmar. State-controlled media, friendly to the junta that seized power there in a coup last year, let it be known that there will soon be a mass release of political detainees. Almost 6,000 people will be released from prison, it seems, and this includes prominent foreigners whose governments have long campaigned for the end of their

The mass amnesty granted to 5,774 political prisoners including four prominent foreigners is aimed at improving the junta’s relationship with Western countries, according to observers

Plus, a complete Ichthyosaurus fossil could fetch $519,455 at auction and Yayoi Kusama's pumpkins land in Qatar.

Four foreigners among the thousands of people imprisoned by Myanmar's military following its February 2021 coup have flown out of the country following an amnesty.

Four foreigners among the thousands of people imprisoned by Myanmar's military following its February 2021 coup have flown out of the country following an amnesty.

The detained State Counselor told a junta court she followed official procedures in relation to the rental of a helicopter for a government minister.

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi denied further corruption charges when she testified on Tuesday in a junta-controlled court, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.