The BBC has seen evidence indicating about 70% of government buildings were damaged by the quake in the capital.

Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency ...

As the country’s former capital until 20 years ago, Yangon still has a number of functioning ministerial buildings ...

Also this week, the regime chief greeted Thingyan with a poll push and more airstrikes, and met with Malaysia’s PM, and began ...

Thousands of evacuated Naypyitaw staff ordered to return to work despite over one-third of apartments lying in ruins and ...

In its 20 years of existence, Naypyitaw has gone from being a testament to one junta’s ambitions to a symbol of another’s ...

Indian Navy ships INS Satpura and INS Savitri have arrived in Yangon with over 50 tons of relief material to assist earthquake-hit Myanmar. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake has caused widespread damage ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar declares an emergency in its capital and its second-largest city after a 7.7 earthquake, state media say.

Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during ...

Four men have been rescued and repatriated back to India, from Myanmar's notorious Myawaddy region, dubbed the "global ...

That is when seers determined the precise timing most auspicious for beginning a secret move of Myanmar’s capital from Yangon to an as-yet unnamed construction site in the center of the country.