(1992 est. pop. 2.1 million). A Mon State was created on the modern political map of Myanmar (Burma) for the first time in 1974, during the rule of the Burma Socialist Program Party. Previously, there had been no political recognition, as such, in...

Coordinates: 17°0′N, 97°20′E References Kaowao News Group, [2] Mawlamyaing culture,...

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Myanmar has reported an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus at a chicken farm in the northeast, state media and an international livestock health agency said Saturday.Unusual deaths of chickens at a farm in a village in Shan State's Keng Tung township were...

Myanmar's military government opened Wednesday what it says will be the final session of a national convention aimed at completing a process launched 14 years ago to draw up guidelines for a new constitution.Critics call the proceedings a sham because the junta hand-picked most of...