In Naypyidaw, there seem to be more water buffalo than cars. NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar -- As President Obama spends the day pushing for further democratic reforms in Myanmar, he is doing so in a place that ...

A mild earthquake of magnitude 3.1 struck Myanmar late Wednesday night, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported.

There aren’t any,” says the hotelier with an embarrassed laugh when I ask about the best tourist attractions in Burma’s new capital. That’s no surprise, really. Naypyidaw–the name translates as “Abode ...

China Desperate To Protect Myanmar's Military Regime In Naypyidaw. Dhaka: A series of infrastructure projects and economic ...

On a middle-of-the-night bus ride through Myanmar a few years ago, the megawatt glow of lights shining unexpectedly from the moon-lit countryside shocked me from a bleary half-sleep. The bus had been ...

When I heard that the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) next regional meeting in 2013 was going to take place in Naypyidaw, I had just gotten back from the Myanmar capital on a two-day journey that felt ...

At its heart is a golden temple to appease and honour the Gods. In case that is not enough to defray fate, an enclosure nearby is home to a pair of well-fed Albino elephants, beasts which are believed ...

As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes her historic visit to Burma from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, she will be touring two vastly different cities. Clinton, the first U.S. Secretary of State to ...

NEW DELHI: The Myanmar security services shot down seven drones on Thursday over the military-built capital Naypyidaw airport, the Junta said. Following the military's removal of Aung San Suu Kyi's ...

Reporting from Naypyidaw, Myanmar — Tin Ko Ko Oo stepped off the bus on a humid Sunday evening carrying a binder thick with reading material and a duffel bag overstuffed with food and clean laundry.

Driving through Naypyidaw, the purpose-built capital of Myanmar, it's easy to forget you're in the middle of one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries. The roads have up to 20 lanes and stretch as far ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi made her debut at Myanmar’s parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time ...