Yangon

Aung San Suu Kyi lived in her colonial-style villa for most of the more than three decades she has spent in Myanmar.

The team Shwe Metta has rescued around 200 snakes last year from around Yangon.

They gather recyclable materials to sell to traders, their only source of income since losing their jobs.

At least one officer, Kyaw Hla, and his wife, Htay Htay Yee, were detained upon arrival back in Myanmar's main city of Yangon.

Three officials and five visitors died at Yangon's colonial-era Insein prison after two explosions and gunfire was heard.

Toru Kubota was charged for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry official said.

The blast in downtown Yangon occurred on Tuesday afternoon, killing one person and wounding nine, according to a charity group.

Suu Kyi is accused of accepting gold and cash payments totalling $600,000 from former Yangon chief minister Phyo Min Thein.

Fenster was arrested while trying to leave the country in May and has since been held in Yangon's Insein prison.

The Malaysian Embassy in Yangon is also closely following the latest developments in the country that has endured civilian unrest since the Feb 1 military coup.

Hospitals were under intense pressure even before the upsurge, with some reporting most of their medics had joined the anti-junta movement.

Myanmar freed more than 2,000 detainees, among them journalists and others who were held on incitement charges for taking part in protests.

More than 5,200 people are being held in detention, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners activist group.

Danny Fenster was detained at the main international gateway in Yangon while preparing to fly to Malaysia.

Food insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup.

A married couple and a man were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 51.974 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine.

The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.

The State Assemblyman for Sungai Bakap, Abidin Ismail, was sworn in today at the State Assembly building, Lebuh Light.

A cadet officer at UPNM pleaded not guilty to a charge of injuring his junior by stomping on the victim's stomach with spike boots.

The indictment was unsealed on Nov. 20, prompting a $27 billion plunge in Adani Group companies' market value.

Several countries have already vowed to curb social media use by children through legislation, but Australia's policy could become one of the most stringent.

Bondi was the top law enforcement officer of the country's third most populous state from 2011 to 2019, and served on Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.

At 8 am, the local currency climbed to 4.4600/4700 against the greenback.

The hospital hallways echo with the screams of children as anxious parents await news from doctors.