At least 17 civilians were killed after a Myanmar military airstrike hit a market in Rakhine State, according to local groups and media reports.

MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it will help select and train Myanmar's first cosmonaut in a sign of growing ties with the Southeast Asian state. The offer was made during a visit to Myanmar this week by Dmitry Bakanov,

An MNA aircraft ferried 50 assault rifles to an obscure pro-junta outfit in Kachin State in a recent instance of the regime using civilian passengers as human shields for arms transports.

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Feb 25 (Reuters) - A retired general from an army-backed party that swept Myanmar's election is set to take the powerful role of speaker of parliament, party sources said, which could help the military cement control of government after a return to democratic rule.

Myanmar’s state-run media say the country’s newly elected parliament will convene for its first session next month, following an election that critics said was neither free nor fair

State-owned Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) operates a fleet of eight ATR72-600 aircraft as well as two leased B737-800s, mostly on domestic routes within Myanmar.

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign minister will meet his Myanmar counterpart on Wednesday in a bid to chart a path towards peace in a civil war-ravaged Myanmar with the help of its Southeast Asian neighbours after an election that entrenched military power.

Myanmar’s military junta has billed the election as a return to democracy. International observers, however, have widely dismissed it as illegitimate.

Myanmar’s military government ordered East Timor’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities from the fellow Southeast Asian country accepted a criminal complaint against Myanmar's armed forces.

China's security officials claim to have "completely dismantled" Myanmar and Cambodia based notorious Chinese criminal gangs who terrorised the world with online extortion rackets forcing people to part with their hard-earned savings.