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 ...

The next stop on the Belarusian Head of State’s big trip was MyanmarNaypyidaw International Airport, where the Belarusian leader ...

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.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has met with Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Chairman of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alexander Lukashenko’s visit comes shortly before military government holds national polls widely condemned as a sham.

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 ...

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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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At Naypyidaw’s international airport, members of staff in stylish uniforms are at their posts behind ranks of ...

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 ...