A man takes a photograph of pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan in Myanmar on July 6. [Photo/XINHUA] YANGON — In downtown Yangon, China-funded training programs are providing professionals with ...

The export price of Vietnam’s five-percent broken rice dropped US$17 to $485 per metric ton on Wednesday, the lowest in 19 months, according to the Vietnam Food Association. Meanwhile, the same type ...

All affected paddy areas are covered under the Puducherry government’s mandatory crop insurance scheme. Insurance agencies would conduct crop-cutting experiments at harvest to compare current ...

Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Dec 20 called for an end to violence against civilians caught in a years-long civil war in Myanmar, and the immediate release of democracy icon Aung ...

BANGKOK – Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Dec 20 called for an end to violence against civilians caught in a years-long civil war in Myanmar, and the immediate release of ...

LONDON - Canadian Jim (Gentleman) Long lost his first-round game at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship on Tuesday, beaten 3-0 by England’s James (Hillbilly) Hurrell. The 40-year-old ...

Public confidence in the U.S. legal system has plunged over the past four years, a new Gallup poll found, putting it in the company of such nations as Myanmar, Syria and Venezuela. "These data on the ...

Tam explained that his passion for padi cultivation started when he met his wife, who is from Sekinchan in Selangor, which is well known for its vast padi fields. However, he developed a passion ...

With thousands of acres of paddy fields inundated, farmers have demanded immediate intervention from agriculture and revenue departments to calculate the damages. Andimadam in Ariyalur topped the ...

The last time Sumcho Pem, 45, from Phangyul Goenpa in central Bhutan planted a paddy field was about 20 years ago. Acute water shortage that has plagued the community for decades had forced her and ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — Malaysia has lost the potential output of 5.3 million 10-kilogramme (kg) bags of rice due to the ongoing floods, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Datuk ...