Thai woman detained after US diplomat found dead in Myanmar hotel

An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar’s largest city, the US State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.American officials in Thailand and the Myanmar" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="143727" data-entity-type="organization">US embassy in Myanmar referred questions on the case to the State Department, which confirmed the “death of a US government employee” assigned to the embassy in Yangon but gave no other details.“Out of respect for the privacy of the family and loved ones, we have no further information to provide at this time,” the State Department said in an email.