The rarest gemstone in the world is considered to be a transparent mineral of reddish-orange color, of which only one ...

Jadeite, ruby and emerald buckle, late 19th century Lot Details The buckle composed of two late 19th century jadeite carvings ...

The world's rarest gemstone is made of kyawthuite, a transparent reddish-orange mineral that’s known from just one sample ...

Myanmar was once an insider tip for travelers and a symbol of the global triumph of democracy. Now it is engulfed in yet another civil war. The story of the rise and fall of a nation. A decade ago ...

Burmese names are often very confusing to foreign visitors because we do not necessarily hand down family surnames from generation to generation and Burmese wives seldom use the names of their ...

Myanmar – Scattered across the lush, rolling hills of southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region, rebel fighters stationed at checkpoints inspect cars and trucks traveling towards a nearby town ...

Local media in Myanmar are reporting that six FTC-2000G fighter jets purchased from China have arrived, and observers are concerned that Chinese military support for the Myanmar military is ...

Myanmar’s worsening violence took center stage at this week’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Vientiane, Laos, as regional leaders grappled with the inability to implement ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime's military with rapid gains of ...

But a new report out Wednesday shows that internet freedoms in China’s neighbor Myanmar are now just as lacking. The report from Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO, found that global ...