Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 06:36
The United States is winding down a program which has helped to resettle 73,000 refugees from Myanmar over almost a decade, a US official confirmed.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 11:22
The United States sometimes uses the official name Myanmar instead of Burma as a "diplomatic courtesy" to the Asian country, the State Department has said, in a sign of rapprochement.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 12:54
Myanmar Tuesday announced the release of all remaining political prisoners on the last day of 2013.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 11:55
Myanmar President U Thein Sein pledged that the country would strive to ensure peace and prosperity in the ASEAN region as it assumes ASEAN chairmanship in 2014, media reported Wednesday.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 09:59
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar Ashok Nigam expressed deep concern Friday over the recent clashes between government troops and the rebels in Kachin state that have blocked humanitarian access to some 1,000 civilians.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 17:49
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is to finally receive the EU Sakharov human rights prize she won in 1990 at the height of the Myanmar military crackdown, the European Parliament revealed today.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 15:37
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi warned on Saturday that communal violence and weak "rule of law" could scare off investors despite the country`s rapid pace of political and economic reform.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 14:00
Myanmar activists on Thursday held their first march through Yangon to mark the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on democracy rallies 25 years ago.
Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 15:22
Myanmar has introduced a new law to overhaul its central bank, the presidential office said on Friday, in the latest reform aimed at burnishing the country`s economic credentials.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 10:21
The UN chief is warning Myanmar that it must end Buddhist attacks on minority Muslims in the country`s west if it wants to be seen as a credible nation.
Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 16:16
Myanmar has reacted angrily to a Time magazine cover story on a prominent radical monk accused of fuelling anti-Muslim violence, accompanied by the headline "The Face of Buddhist Terror".
Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 11:33
Jailed for nearly two decades for his struggle against the junta, veteran dissident Win Tin says Myanmar`s pro-democracy movement must not forget its role as the opposition, despite the country`s political changes.
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