For much of the past five decades, Burma has been a byword for political repression. The generals that seized power in 1962 ruled with fearsome, often reckless, authority, stomping out dissent and ...

RANGOON, Burma, May 7 -- Three explosions rocked the capital of Burma on Saturday, killing 11 people and wounding 162 others in the latest bombings blamed on ethnic rebels in the military-ruled ...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Getting to see one of the world’s most reclusive military strongmen requires a VIP flight, armed escorts, and soldiers pointing the way — not to mention a disaster of epic ...

In this video, I document my flight to Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar (Burma), on Myanmar Airways International, while highlighting the unexpected experience of traveling to an active war zone.

The scale of devastation wreaked by last month’s communal riots in central Burma has been revealed by new satellite images. The remains of hundreds of smoldering homes scar three once thriving Muslim ...

I grew up in Rangoon (then capital of Burma) in the 1930s under the loving care of my parents (I was their only child). Spoilt? I am afraid so; I was always ‘Baba’ to my parents. We lived in a rented ...