"Yangon"

The night-time curfew in Yangon Region will be reduced from 10pm-4am to 12am-4am, according to administrative sources available on March 22.

Some industrial zones in Yangon Region will only have electricity from 9 am to 5 pm and there will be power outages at night, according to the industrial zone committees.

“Without regular electricity supply, we can’t pump water. Water supply is also cut off sometimes. We have run out of water because power is cut when water pipelines run and water supply is cut when the light comes back,” said a local resident in North Dagon Township, Yangon Region.

Yangon Region General Administration Department issued an order dated October 8 banning a gathering of five or more people in the roads, streets and lanes of 31 townships of the region and imposing a 10pm-4am curfew.

At least 39 explosions took place in Yangon Region from September 1 to 22, resulting in casualties.

BANGKOK - Long queues formed at supermarkets and petrol stations in Yangon on Tuesday (Sept 7) shortly after Myanmars shadow government declared a "peoples defensive war" against the junta.

Explosions occurred in some places of Yangon city such as Hledan, Insein, North Oakkala, South Oakkalapa and Yankin on the morning of August 30.

Six railway police were shot on a Yangon circular train at about 5.30pm on August 14 with four dead and two wounded, according to initial reports.

Some houses in townships in Yangon are raising yellow flags to ask for help as people in their homes have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to locals.

Over 200 million US dollars worth of confiscated drugs and chemicals were burnt on June 26 in Hlaingtharyar Township to commemorate the 34th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2021.

Two explosions have occurred on Banyadala Road in Tamway Township, Yangon Region, causing some casualties, according to initial reports.

Yangon International Airport has extended its ban on international passenger flights until June 30, according to the ministry of transport and communications.