Rangoon’s government bans alcohol sales after 10pm while students sit matriculation exams, and says it will re-enforce restrictions that prohibit those sales year-round after 11pm

Palaung rebels claim to have seized a heroin and methamphetamine haul worth over US$3.5 million while inspecting a mining truck in northern Shan State.

Domestic companies can now apply for wine import licenses, nearly one month after a major retail association stopped selling foreign alcohol demanding swift reforms.

Jakarta backs off from imminent execution of 10 drug smugglers, saying the sentences might not happen soon because some of them have legal appeals pending.