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 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ...

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 ...

Burma's military government has rescinded its approval for international organizations to distribute food, shelter and medicines to thousands of residents of cyclone-hit areas in the country's west, a ...

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.

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 ...

The deal, signed late last week during the visit by Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party's central committee, will pave the way for ...

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake has hit central Burma, with powerful tremors felt across Thailand and China. At least 20 people have been reported dead after the quake struck near Mandalay, Burma’s ...