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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 foreign ministry today said Myanmar overnight amended partially its newly drawn map tending to show Bangladesh’s St. Martin’s Island as part of their territory. “They kept the map colours ...
Unbeaten track: Top Gear filming on location in Burma, where tourism has grown rapidly since 2010 (BBC2/Ellis O’Brien) So, Jeremy Clarkson and co put their dirty skid marks all over yet another virgin ...
Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? The last time Burma really mattered to the United States, Imperial Japanese forces were marching on Asia. Vinegar Joe Stillwell built a road ...