A Myanmar court has denied a New Zealand bar manager bail after he was arrested for allegedly insulting Bhuddism in Facebook marketing for his nightspot in the capital Yangon. Philip Blackwood, ...

YANGON -- Myanmar pardoned more than 100 prisoners Friday, including a New Zealander and 34 others jailed on political charges, officials said, days before a historic political transition that will ...

A New Zealander charged with insulting Buddhism in a drinks promotion at a bar in the Myanmar capital will soon learn his fate. The court will hand down its judgment on March 17. Earlier on Tuesday, ...

YANGON (AFP) - The Myanmar owner of a Yangon bar accused of insulting Buddhism in a drinks promotion told the court Tuesday the New Zealand bar manager was responsible for the offending ad that could ...

YANGON — Two employees and the manager of a Yangon bar shut down for using image of the Buddha wearing headphones to promote an event appeared in court Thursday to face charges of insulting Buddhism.

YANGON: Behind a wooden counter in downtown Yangon’s Coffee Club, the unmistakable hiss of a barista steaming milk briefly drowns out a funky soundtrack piped through a store filled with students ...

Philip Blackwood had been imprisoned for defaming Buddhism after he used an image of a Buddha wearing headphones to promote a cheap drinks night at the Yangon bar where he worked Credit: Photo: Rex ...