BANGKOK (AP) — Celebrations of Thingyan, Myanmar’s holiday marking the traditional new year, were uncharacteristically quiet Wednesday, as the violent struggle for power between the military ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country’s traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- Three bombs ripped through traditional New Year festivities in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon today, killing nine people and injuring 75 others, officials and state television ...