Myanmar Finds Woman Older than World’s Recorded Oldest

Myanmar has found in the country the oldest woman, Daw Mya Kyi, aged 118, in Mandalay division, who is older than the world’s record eldest, according to the Department of Social Welfare Monday, reports China’s Xinhua News Agency.

Daw Mya Kyi, born in Htaine Kone village in 1892, is four years older than the world’s record oldest woman, 114-year-old Frenchwoman Eugenie Blanchard, sources said.

Daw Mya Kyi is now living in a monastery in Puak Chan Kone village and is in good health. She can eat whatever she has an appetite for, but not sour foods (for health reasons).