Myanmar
Tears as Myanmar swears in first president with no army ties in more than 50 years
Myanmar’s parliament swore in the first president with no military ties in more than half a century on Wednesday, after Aung San Suu Kyi’s...
Historic vote sees Myanmar elect first civilian president in decades
Myanmar’s lawmakers Tuesday elected a close aide and longtime friend of Aung San Suu Kyi to become the country’s first civilian president in...
Suu Kyi takes her place in new democratic era of Myanmar’s history
Myanmar entered a new political era Monday as Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy MPs took their seats in parliament, bearing the hopes of a nation...
New era dawns as Myanmar parliament holds historic session
Myanmar’s newly elected politicians, most of them from pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, have taken their seats in parliament...
20 political prisoners freed as Myanmar takes another step on path to democracy
More than 20 political prisoners were released in Myanmar on Friday, months before it hands over power to democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s party.
Now for the hard part: Suu Kyi on brink of power after thumping election wins
Fresh results from Myanmar’s election on Tuesday showed the opposition taking control of most regional assemblies as well as forming the next government,...
Suu Kyi voters optimistic after Myanmar holds first free election in 25 years
Supporters of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi burst into boisterous celebration on Sunday after the country held its first free nationwide election in...
1 million displaced by worst flooding to hit Myanmar in decades
Hundreds of homes have been washed away and more than one million people displaced by the worst flooding to strike Myanmar in decades.
Myanmar jails bar manager for using Buddha in drinking promotion
A New Zealand bar manager and his two Myanmar colleagues were jailed for two and a half years with hard labour by a Yangon court Tuesday for using a Buddha...
21 dead, dozens missing after Myanmar ferry sinks in bad weather
Rescuers were frantically searching for survivors on Saturday after an overloaded ferry sank in rough waters off the coast of western Myanmar killing at...
About 50 dead as Myanmar ferry sinks in bad weather
About 50 people were believed to have drowned off Myanmar when a ferry sank in bad weather, government officials said on Saturday, though residents said...
China summons Myanmar ambassador after bomb kills four Chinese
China has summoned the Myanmar ambassador for a meeting in Beijing after a bomb from a Myanmar aircraft fell in Chinese territory and killed four Chinese...
Myanmar police crack down on student protesters for third day
Police cracked down on student protesters opposing Myanmar’s new education law Friday, roughly grabbing demonstrators and loading them onto trucks...
Myanmar prevents student protesters from marching to Yangon
Truckloads of police on Monday prevented hundreds of student protesters from continuing their march to Myanmar’s biggest city to push for educational...
U.S. and Myanmar to discuss human rights amidst stalled reforms
The United States is hoping to nudge Myanmar’s quasi-civilian government on stalled reforms during a high-level human rights dialogue, yet expectations...
Myanmar’s biggest city holds first municipal election in 60 years
Residents of Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon went to the polls Saturday for the first municipal elections in six decades.
Obama arrives in Myanmar amid warnings about reform
For U.S. President Barack Obama, Myanmar’s stalled progress on promised political and economic reforms is jeopardizing what was to be a crowning...
Myanmar president opens unprecedented talks with Suu Kyi and army
Myanmar President Thein Sein opened unprecedented talks with army top brass and political rivals including Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, as U.S.
Myanmar releases 3,073 prisoners in new amnesty
Myanmar pardoned and began freeing 3,073 prisoners Tuesday in an amnesty that virtually excluded political prisoners despite a presidential pledge to free...
For Myanmar political predictions, locals look to the stars
Sweeping reforms begun in 2011 have edged Myanmar, formerly Burma, closer to democracy; next year it’s expected to hold the freest general elections...
Rohingya camp conditions in Myanmar ‘appalling’: U.N. official
A senior U.N. aid official said on Tuesday she had witnessed a level of human suffering never seen before in camps for some 140,000 stateless Muslim Rohingya...
Death in the long grass: Myanmar’s snake bite menace
Myanmar may be best known for the giant constrictor, the Burmese python, but the Southeast Asian nation has a host of other snakes whose names would strike...
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