A thousand unsaid words: Umpiem refugee camp
Dutch photojournalist, Rohan Radheya, captures the lives of refugees inside the Umpiem camp who have been victims of landmine explosions in Burma.
Built around 1850, the world’s longest teak bridge is straining under the effects of age and a lack of regulation to protect it.
Sympathisers from across Burma have been flocking to the Aung Theikdi Buddhist monastery in Pegu Division since news spread that 144 families were sheltering there after their homes were bulldozed and demolished.
Irishman Hugh recently arrived in Rangoon after an eight-month 15,000km journey across the continents of Europe and Asia. He took a few pics along the way …
Associated Press photographer Gemunu Amarsinghe recently submitted a photo essay from Chin state where ancient traditions and a rich culture struggle to prevail against a history of religious conversion, Burmese chauvinism, military rule and economic misery.
A selection of the best pictures from the opening ceremony of the SEA Games last night (PHOTOS: AP & REUTERS)
South Korean photojournalist Lee Yu Kyung caught up with a hundred Kachin IDPs fleeing fighting last week around Mansi township.
Freelance photographer Marta Tucci went to Arakan state to document the conditions that Rohingya women live with.
Indian-Burmese meditation guru Goenka, 90, passed away at his home in Mumbai on 29 September, but his ashes were brought back to the country of his birth.
A new arts centre has opened in the Sino-Burmese border town of Laiza, the headquarters of Kachin Independence Organisation.
Hundreds of people marched from Rangoon’s City Hall to the People’s Park for peace and national reconciliation.
A new Rangoon-Kyaiktiyo train offers tourists and Buddhist pilgrims a ticket to the Golden Rock.
Journalists Matt Rains and Alia Mehboob travelled to Arakan state in 2012 to document the lives of Rohingya Muslims in the wake of last year’s ethno-religious violence.
Residents in Rangoon’s suburban outskirts were reportedly unable to travel to large swaths of downtown on Friday morning due to excessive flooding
Attempts to bring stability to Burma’s restive Arakan state could be disintegrating after police opened fire on Rohingya Muslims last week, as tensions in the region continue to rise following[…]
Art exhibitions, conventions and moments of silence have been held to honour the hundreds of thousands of people who rose up against Ne Win’s dictatorship in 1988
Burma celebrates the Buddhist New Year Water Festival, Thingyan, which runs from 13-16 April. People celebrate by throwing water on each other to wash away the sins and bad luck[…]
A fire at an Islamic school in Rangoon killed 13 children in the early hours of Tuesday in what officials said could have been an accident, but comes in the[…]
The central Burmese town of Meikhtila declared a curfew for a second night on Thursday after clashes killed 10 people, including a Buddhist monk, and injured at least 20, authorities said.[…]