Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had ...
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...
Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens
Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with ...
Indonesia says 2 arrested for Myanmar Embassy plot
Hours after Indonesia announced it had foiled an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, hundreds of hard-line Muslims gathered outside ...
Myanmar Muslims face uncertain future after attack
They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ...
Myanmar pardons 93, including political prisoners
Myanmar's president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the ...
EU drops sanctions against Myanmar
The European Union on Monday dropped its political and economic sanctions against Myanmar to support the country's "remarkable process" of democratic ...
Diplomats: EU to drop sanctions against Myanmar
The European Union will drop most sanctions against Myanmar to reward the country's progress toward democracy, two EU diplomats said Friday.
Buddhist, Muslims from Myanmar clash in Indonesia
Sectarian and ethnic tensions running high in Myanmar boiled over far outside the country's borders Friday, when Buddhist fishermen and Muslim asylum ...
13 children die in Myanmar mosque fire
Police in Myanmar said they are investigating the head of a mosque and a Muslim teacher for possible negligence after a pre-dawn fire swept a ...
Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar
The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit ...
General: Myanmar military staying in politics
The military that ruled Myanmar for five decades paraded its might Wednesday in front of the opposition leader it once repressed, as its commander in ...
Myanmar sets curfews to curb spread of violence
Authorities in Myanmar imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in three townships after anti-Muslim religious violence touched new parts of the country, edging ...
Myanmar warns violence could threaten reforms
Myanmar's government warned Monday that religious violence could threaten democratic reforms after anti-Muslim mobs rampaged through three more towns ...
Buddhists-Muslims violence spreads in Myanmar
Sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar spread to at least two other towns in the country's heartland over the weekend, undermining ...
UN Myanmar envoy visits ruined city after violence
The top UN envoy to Myanmar on Sunday toured a central city destroyed in the country's worst explosion of Buddhist-Muslim violence this year, calling ...
Myanmar parliament agrees to review constitution
Myanmar's parliament agreed Wednesday to set up a commission to review the pro-military 2008 constitution, a process that could eventually change the ...
Suu Kyi selected to remain Myanmar opposition head
Aung San Suu Kyi was selected Sunday to continue as head of Myanmar's main opposition party, keeping her leadership post even as the party undergoes ...
Suu Kyi vows to bring new blood to party
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday vowed to inject new blood into her party and urged members to rise above petty differences ...
Myanmar opposition holds first party congress
It is a party dominated by a single strong leader. Top positions are made by appointment. Decision-making is quiet and circumscribed. That party is ...
Myanmar leader defends military's political role
Myanmar's president says the country's military is likely to retain its quota of seats in Parliament through the next election in 2015. During a visit ...
China executes 4 foreigners over Mekong murders
China executed four foreigners on Friday for killing 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong River, following a live nationwide broadcast ...
Ford to sell cars and pickup trucks in Myanmar
Ford Motor Co. has signed a deal to distribute cars and pickup trucks in Myanmar, the head of Ford's local partner said. The automaker's first ...
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