In the Burmese city of Yangon, Myanmar’s Buddhists watched a big screen as leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to the nation amid international criticism over the exodus of Rohingya from Rakhine.

Yangon, in Myanmar, has lost hundreds of colonial buildings to rapid development over the past two decades. A handful of heritage hotels -- think teak mansions and grand colonial facades -- are ...

Yangon residents on a footpath by Inya Lake during a weekend in June 2024. ST PHOTO There are few tourists on the streets today.

YANGON - Myanmar launched a new public transport system in its largest city on Monday, for the first time introducing regular bus lines, timetables and salaries for drivers in a move that could ...