Burma

14 Oct 2012

Heavily censored until August, books are now openly sold and enjoyed in Myanmar. Mary O'Shea gets the word on Yangon's streets. Pictures by Cedric Arnold.

US gives banking green light to Myanmar tycoons

26 Feb 2013

Two banks owned by tycoons associated with Myanmar’s former military regime will start to do business with US companies and investors in the latest reward for the Southeast Asian country’s rapid...

In search of the long lost legend of Pegu

21 Feb 2013

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi keeps door open to US and China

27 Jan 2013

Stronger ties with the United States, which is keen to increase its political influence in Asia, should not be considered a challenge to Myanmar’s long-time relationship with China, democracy...

Three civilians dead in Myanmar attack on Kachin base

14 Jan 2013

Kachin rebels on Monday said three civilians were killed and six wounded in the first attack by Myanmar forces on their northern stronghold, as fighting escalates in the country’s last active...

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Myanmar ‘to release’ prisoners ahead of Obama visit

Myanmar officials on Wednesday announced a prisoner amnesty just days before US President Barack Obama arrives on a visit seen as an endorsement of democratic reforms in the former pariah nation...

Suu Kyi cautions India against Myanmar over-optimism

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged India not to be over-optimistic about political changes in her homeland, ahead of her first visit on Tuesday to New Delhi in a quarter of a century...

UN says 22,000 displaced by Myanmar unrest

More than 22,000 people from mainly Muslim communities have been forced to flee their homes in western Myanmar, the UN said on Sunday, after a fresh wave of violence and arson that left dozens...

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Myanmar gets its first investment bank

Alisher Ali knew on the morning of his second day in Myanmar that the long-closed country was a risk worth taking. Less than two months later he moved his wife and four children to crumbling, tree...

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Thein Sein would ‘accept’ Suu Kyi as Myanmar president

Myanmar leader Thein Sein has said in an interview he would accept democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi as president if elected, but added he could not alone amend rules that bar her from power.

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US to ease import ban on Myanmar, Clinton tells Thein Sein

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Myanmar President Thein Sein on Wednesday that the United States would take steps to ease the US ban on imports from the country.