US State Department confirms the fatality, but refuses to provide more information about the person's death in Yangon.

The U.S. State Department says an American diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, the biggest city in Myanmar, has been found dead

Police were treating the case as a possible murder and had taken a suspect into custody.

Police are treating the case as a possible homicide and have a Thai woman in custody, sources told The Associated Press.

The Thai Embassy in Yangon and Thailand's Foreign Ministry refused to say whether they had provided consular support to the suspect or give any other information.

L’ambasciata thailandese a Yangon e il ministero degli Esteri di Bangkok si sono rifiutati di dire se avessero dato assistenza consolare al sospettato o fornire ulteriori…

US State Department confirms the fatality, but refuses to provide more information about the person's death in Yangon.

According to three people in the diplomatic community in Myanmar, the man was found dead about two weeks ago at the Sakura Residence & Hotel

"We can confirm the death of a US government employee assigned to US Embassy Rangoon," a State Department spokesperson said, without providing additional details.

A Thai woman has appeared in a Myanmar court on murder charges in the killing of an American diplomat found dead about two weeks ago at a Yangon hotel

The diplomat was found dead at the Sakura Residence & Hotel, according to attorneys familiar with the case.

An American official was mysteriously found dead in a hotel in Myanmar and a Thai woman was detained by the local police in connection with the investigation. Though the incident…