The victim, identified as Kyaw Thu, was transported to the hospital where he later died of his injuries. At this time, no suspects have been identified.

In the 1980s and '90s, Kyaw Thu was one of Myanmar's leading film stars, appearing in more than 200 movies. He was so popular that the military government cast him in several propaganda films. But ...

Kyaw Thu turned his back on the film industry after seeing a need in Myanmar for burial services for the poor. He co-founded the Free Funeral Service Society in 2001.

MANILA, Philippines – Popular Burmese award-winning actor and humanitarian Kyaw Thu lights up when he speaks of the characters close to people’s hearts he has portrayed. It is this affinity to ...

Kyaw Thu, in Seattle as part of a two-month-long tour for the screening of the autobiographical documentary “Walking a Fine Line,” says he endured government surveillance and censorship for ...

A top election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule.

Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for his coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar ...

Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director-general of the military-appointed Union Election Commission, was shot multiple times on Saturday, according to the military's information office, media reports and a ...

Kyaw Thu stands outside the FFSS headquarters on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Around 500 volunteers turn up to help each day to do everything from carrying caskets to performing surgery in ...