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Workers Carry Bags of Rice - Myanmar

Workers Carry Bags of Rice - Myanmar

A worker carries a bag of rice at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar, December 10, 2025. Myanmar exported over 1.78 million tons of rice and broken rice in the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2025-2026, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Carry Bags of Rice - Myanmar

Workers Carry Bags of Rice - Myanmar

Workers carry bags of rice at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar, December 10, 2025. Myanmar exported over 1.78 million tons of rice and broken rice in the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2025-2026, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Carry Bags of Rice - Myanmar

Workers Carry Bags of Rice - Myanmar

Workers carry bags of rice at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar, December 10, 2025. Myanmar exported over 1.78 million tons of rice and broken rice in the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2025-2026, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

People attach small lanterns to a hot-air balloon during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 31, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

People release a hot-air balloon carrying small lanterns during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 31, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

People release a hot-air balloon carrying small lanterns during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 31, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

People celebrate after releasing a hot-air balloon during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 30, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Fireworks explode in the sky during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 30, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

People prepare to release a hot-air balloon during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 30, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

People attach small lanterns to a hot-air balloon during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 30, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

People prepare to release a hot-air balloon during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 30, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.CO

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

A hot-air balloon carrying small lanterns is pictured during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 30, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.CO

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Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival - Myanmar

A hot-air balloon carrying small lanterns is pictured during the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Taunggyi, Shan state, Myanmar, October 30, 2025. TO GO WITH "Feature: Myanmar's hot-air balloon festival blends heritage, unity with joy" Photo by Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe/ABACAPRESS.CO

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47th ASEAN Summit Opening - Kuala Lumpur

47th ASEAN Summit Opening - Kuala Lumpur

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Xanana Gusmao, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, and a representative from Myanmar (L to R) are present at the signing of the Declaration on the Admission of Timor-Leste into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 26, 2025. The 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits kicked off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday under the theme "Inclusivity and Sustainability." Photo by Cen Yunpeng /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

(251020) -- YANGON, Oct. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Women shop for decorative items for Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

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Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

(251020) -- YANGON, Oct. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Oil lamps are seen at a Hindu temple in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

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Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

(251020) -- YANGON, Oct. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A woman lights oil lamps to celebrate Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

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Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

(251020) -- YANGON, Oct. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A woman lights an oil lamp to celebrate Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

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Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

Diwali Celebration Held - Yangon

(251020) -- YANGON, Oct. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Women light oil lamps to celebrate Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, at a Hindu temple in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

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Illustration - Bank

Illustration - Bank

MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA). YANGON (RANGOON). SULE PAGODA Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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22nd China ASEAN Expo in Nanning

22nd China ASEAN Expo in Nanning

Tourists visit the Myanmar booth at the 22nd China ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi, China on September 20, 2025.

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22nd China ASEAN Expo in Nanning

22nd China ASEAN Expo in Nanning

NANNING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 - Myanmar Prime Minister U Nyo Saw delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 22nd China ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi, China on September 17, 2025.

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Global South Media & Think Tank Forum Opening Ceremony - China

Global South Media & Think Tank Forum Opening Ceremony - China

A firefighter who took part in a rescue operation after an earthquake in Myanmar, shares his experience at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on September 6, 2025. Some 500 journalists, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from 110 countries or international and regional organizations convened here for the 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum. The forum, which opened Saturday, is co-hosted by Xinhua News Agency, the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee and the People's Government of Yunnan Province. Within five days of meeting, participants will brainstorm and contribute their wisdom to translate the forum theme, "empowering global south, navigating global changes," into tangible solutions for practical projects. Photo by Chen Xinbo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus Meeting - Tianjin

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus Meeting - Tianjin

Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, attends the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus" Meeting in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 1, 2025. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) convened the "SCO Plus" Meeting on Monday afternoon in north China's port city of Tianjin. Photo by Ding Haitao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025

Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, arrives at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center for a welcoming banquet in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. Photo by Ding Haitao /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose for a group photo with Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Xi and Peng on Sunday hosted a banquet in China's port city of Tianjin to welcome international guests who are here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. Photo by Huang Jingwen /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eve of SCO summit in Tianjin

Eve of SCO summit in Tianjin

Chinese President Xi Jinping (far R) holds talks with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing (2nd from L), Myanmar's military chief, in Tianjin on Aug. 30, 2025, ahead of the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization starting in the Chinese city the following day. (Pool photo)

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting- Tianjin

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting- Tianjin

Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, arrives for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 in Tianjin, north China, August 30, 2025. Photo by Zhao Zishuo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting- Tianjin

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting- Tianjin

Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, arrives for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 in Tianjin, north China, August 30, 2025. Photo by Zhao Zishuo /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting- Tianjin

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting- Tianjin

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, in Tianjin, north China, August 30, 2025. Min Aung Hlaing is in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025, as well as commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Photo by Zhai Jianlan /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) takes part in a tea ceremony with Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on April 15, 2013. (Kyodo)

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World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

Asian elephants are seen at the Wingabaw elephant camp in Bago region, Myanmar, August 12, 2025. World Elephant Day falls on August 12 each year. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

Elephant keepers help elephant bathe at the Wingabaw elephant camp in Bago region, Myanmar, August 12, 2025. World Elephant Day falls on August 12 each year. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

An elephant keeper helps an elephant bathe at the Wingabaw elephant camp in Bago region, Myanmar, August 12, 2025. World Elephant Day falls on August 12 each year. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

World Elephant Day In Bago - Myanmar

Asian elephants eat fruit and vegetables at the Wingabaw elephant camp in Bago region, Myanmar, August 12, 2025. World Elephant Day falls on August 12 each year. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar: Flash Floods Hit Tachileik After Sai River Overflows

Heavy rainfall on Monday, July 28, caused the Sai River—which runs along the Thailand–Myanmar border—to overflow, leading to flash floods in low-lying areas of Tachileik, Shan State. Floodwaters affected several neighborhoods, including Pone Htun, Talawt, and Makao Kham wards. As a precaution, authorities cut electricity to minimize safety risks.

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Myanmar: Flash Floods Hit Tachileik After Sai River Overflows 2

Heavy rainfall on Monday, July 28, caused the Sai River—which runs along the Thailand–Myanmar border—to overflow, leading to flash floods in low-lying areas of Tachileik, Shan State. Floodwaters affected several neighborhoods, including Pone Htun, Talawt, and Makao Kham wards. As a precaution, authorities cut electricity to minimize safety risks.

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Thailand: Sai River Overflows After Heavy Rain, Triggers Flooding in Mae Sai

Heavy rainfall caused the Sai River, which flows between Thailand and Myanmar, to overflow early on Monday, July 28, triggering flash floods in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district. Water levels reached 398.31 meters at the Mae Sai Friendship Bridge, inundating local markets and residential areas. Evacuations were ordered in flood-prone areas, with emergency services assisting elderly and bedridden residents.

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Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Children collect scrap iron from rubble on June 16, 2025 in Mandalay, central Myanmar, devastated by a powerful earthquake on March 28.

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Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

People form a line to receive food on June 15, 2025, in Mandalay, central Myanmar, devastated by a powerful earthquake on March 28.

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Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Temporary housing, funded by China, is almost complete on June 14, 2025, in Mandalay, central Myanmar, devastated by a powerful earthquake on March 28.

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Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

A building is under demolition on June 13, 2025, in Mandalay, central Myanmar, devastated by a powerful earthquake on March 28.

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Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Aftermath of March earthquake in Myanmar

Temporary housing, funded by China, is under construction on June 14, 2025, in Mandalay, central Myanmar, devastated by a powerful earthquake on March 28.

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Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 in 4th year of detention

Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 in 4th year of detention

Photo taken in May 2025 shows the main gate of Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon. The democracy icon turned 80 on June 19 2025, more than four years after she was jailed following a military coup in February 2021.

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Six People Killed in Bus Accident - Myanmar

Six People Killed in Bus Accident - Myanmar

Rescuers are seen in operation at the site of a bus accident in Meiktila township in Mandalay, Myanmar, June 2, 2025. Six people were killed and 11 others injured after a highway passenger bus rolled over in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, an official from the Mandalay Region Fire Services Department told Xinhua on Monday. Photo by Myanmar Fire Services Department/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Six People Killed in Bus Accident - Myanmar

Six People Killed in Bus Accident - Myanmar

Rescuers are seen in operation at the site of a bus accident in Meiktila township in Mandalay, Myanmar, June 2, 2025. Six people were killed and 11 others injured after a highway passenger bus rolled over in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, an official from the Mandalay Region Fire Services Department told Xinhua on Monday. Photo by Myanmar Fire Services Department/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow - Russi

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow - Russi

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing on the sidelines of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2025. Photo by Ding Haitao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow - Russi

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow - Russi

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing on the sidelines of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2025. Photo by Zhang Ling/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan medical team ends mission in quake-hit Myanmar

Japan medical team ends mission in quake-hit Myanmar

A 32-member team of medical workers from Japan arrives at an international airport in Yangon on April 25, 2025, after completing its mission in Mandalay, central Myanmar, devastated by a powerful earthquake on March 28.

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Japan medical team in quake-hit Myanmar

Japan medical team in quake-hit Myanmar

Photo taken on April 8, 2025, shows a temporary clinic set up by a 32-member team of medical workers from Japan in Mandalay, central Myanmar, devastated by a powerful earthquake on March 28. The delegation will end its mission on April 23.

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