Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving civil war, children have not been able to go to school in the past two years. Loikaw is now a ghost town as a result of reprisals by government ...

Nurses and university lecturers abandoned everything to protest against the Burmese junta. As the violence escalated, they took refuge in other cities. Some share their stories with AsiaNews, which ...

Taunggyi Archdiocese is situated in the Southern Shan State, in the eastern part Myanmar. It was established as a Diocese by Pope John XXIII in 1961. There are 18 townships in the archdiocese.

Taunggyi (Agenzia Fides) - For the three new Burmese Jesuit priests of the archdiocese of Taunggyi, a city in central Myanmar, which is part of the territory of Shan State, the task of serving the ...

(Sai Aung MAIN/AFP/AFP) Goat, hippo and duck-shaped hot air balloons floated in clear blue skies over war-ravaged Myanmar this week in a rare opportunity for escapism. Tens of thousands of people have ...

YANGON: A man was arrested and questioned in Taunggyi under Section 23(a) of the Law on the Protection of Multi-Party Democratic Elections from Disruption and Sabotage. The man, who lives in Aye ...

Archbishop's House, Bayint Naung Road, Lanmadaw Quarter, Taunggyi 06011, Myanmar +95 81-21689 Fax :+95 81-22164 [email protected] Archbishop Matthias U Shwe was born Dec. 10, 1943, in Kamai, Pekhon ...

Taunggyi fire balloon festival is one of the most beautiful and dangerous celebrations in Asia. (AFP) Taunggyi, Myanmar: The skies of central Myanmar were set ablaze this week with the beginning of ...