China detains suspect involved in kidnapping of Chinese actor trafficked to Myanmar - Wang Xing, a 31-year-old Chinese actor, travelled to Thailand early this month after receiving an unsolicited offe

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized 11.635 kg of "happy water", a synthetic drug, 3.6 kg of ketamine, and various other illegal substances in central Myanmar, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Monday.

Drums, cymbals and the noise of an enthralled crowd gave a cacophonous welcome to the Lunar New Year in Myanmar’s commercial capital on Sunday.

The recent rescue of kidnapped actor Wang Xing has highlighted the transnational criminal networks that thrive in the region.

The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star.

The latest China-brokered truce in Myanmar's civil war is likely to hold for now but lasting peace may still be a pipe dream, according to observers. Myanmar's military government and a major northeastern ethnic rebel group agreed to a ceasefire this month in the Chinese border city of Kunming - the second such pact to be signed there in just over a year.

"The military is in a state of decline; it is weak and shrinking. The military has seen a wave of desertions, defeats, low morale and loss of dignity."

Accused of extrajudicial killings and waves of violence against opponents of the junta, the militia has been forcing civilians to join its ranks.

Trump may care little about Myanmar, but a robust U.S. foreign-policy infrastructure means the generals in Naypyitaw have nothing to celebrate, Scot Marciel tells The Irrawaddy.

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast.

The leader of a Myanmar-based militant group was among five people who were arrested by the Mizoram Police in what they said was one of the largest arms bust in the northeast state. The weapons ...

Ni Burmese will host its soft opening this weekend at 2160 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. with dinner hours on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 4 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 26 from 4 to 7 p.m.