The Myanmar government says it plans to build more than 9,000 boats and provide fishing nets to speed revival of the industry. "We have started distribution to help those fishermen to regain their ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand protested an incident involving Myanmar's navy firing on Thai fishing vessels, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Sunday, after one fisherman drowned, two were ...

YAY TWIN GONE, Myanmar — No matter how much she loved the river and sea that once provided her family's daily food, Tin Tin Latt now just wants to stay away from the water that widowed her, at age 33, ...

YANGON, Myanmar – More than 100 Burmese men who worked as slave fishermen in Indonesia have arrived home and were waiting Friday to return to their villages to be reunited with families many have been ...

TUAL, Indonesia (AP) — When Kyaw Naing arrived at the tiny thatch-and-bamboo shack in Myanmar, it was empty and the door stood wide open. He was finally home, after five years of being forced to work ...

With a swift breath the teenage boy dives into the turquoise waters of southern Myanmar, a spear clutched in his hand, but below him lies nothing but a graveyard of broken, grey coral. He is one of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Fishermen in the Irrawaddy River have been fishing cooperatively with dolphins for generations. Photo: Alex Diment. Drifting down the moonlit ...

Thailand yesterday officially protested an incident in which Myanmar’s navy fired on a group of Thai fishing vessels close to their shared maritime border, killing one fisherman and injuring two ...

TUAL, Indonesia – When Kyaw Naing arrived at the tiny thatch-and-bamboo shack in Myanmar, it was empty and the door stood wide open. He was finally home, after five years of being forced to work as a ...

Relief organizations responding to Cyclone Giri, which pounded western Myanmar on Friday, are finding homes and schools swept away and a need for emergency food and water in the saltwater soaked ...