President Barack Obama's November visit to Burma showcased his Administration's approach to Burma. It is one of gentle persuasion and positive reinforcement, except for sanctions tightly targeted at ...

An interactive prison map of Myanmar was created in support of the ‘Free Burma’s Video Journalists campaign. The map identifies the locations and gives a brief description of Myanmar’s 43 prisons ...

Myanmar's military has seized power after a decade of the leadership by the National League for Democracy at the helm of Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Suu Kyi and other senior members of her governing party ...

This past weekend a cyclone hit Myanmar (formerly Burma), killing at least 15,000 with many more missing. It’s a massive tragedy. Now data on the cyclone and its path, from the UN Institute for ...

The last time Burma really mattered to the United States, Imperial Japanese forces were marching on Asia. Vinegar Joe Stillwell built a road through the Burmese jungle to resupply China during the ...

Thailand's foreign minister Surakiart Sathirithai has proposed a new formula to Burma's military rulers to try and break the country's political stalemate. He has suggested to Rangoon that it needs to ...

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The cyclone that hit Burma on 3 May caused widespread devastation to the Irrawaddy Delta in the south of the country. Click on the map to find out about some of the worst-hit areas. In Rangoon the ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South-east Asia has a new challenger on the tourism block: Burma. The ministry of hotels and tourism announced ...