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Myanmar has signed a raft of oil exploration deals with foreign companies, state media reported on Wednesday, as the reformist government seeks overseas investment to spur economic development. State-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise has inked nine
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Myanmar (AP) — Authorities say security forces in western Myanmar opened fire on rioters who burned hundreds of homes. At least seven people died in the sectarian violence but authorities say calm has been restored. Friday's
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Myanmar's president has approved changes to a law on political parties, paving the way for democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party to re-register, state media said Saturday. The revisions to the political party registration law appear to
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p>Since the patients have decided not to leave, Yarzar said he was ready to face any consequences. The shelter, which includes a small wooden house and a two-story building of wood and thatch walls, accommodates 82 patients,
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Any number of Indian commentators bristled at the criticism, with many of them pointing out that the United States` own record vis-A -vis repressive regimes, including military dictatorships, was hardly above reproach. That`s a perfectly fair comment,
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Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's ruling junta threw a lavish welcome ceremony for a rare white elephant, a traditional symbol of power and prosperity, which was transported from the jungle to the country's remote capital, state media reported Tuesday.
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State media says that ethnic minority rebels in Myanmar are behind recent blasts that have wounded 13 people, including three Chinese nationals. The Myanmar Ahlin newspaper said Thursday that the disbanded Kokang Army set off two mines that injured
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The police also confiscated 340,000 methamphetamine tablets in the July 10 seizure made from a six-wheel truck at a checkpoint in the border town of Tachilek, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. The Myanmar
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The inclusion of the Karen National Union (KNU) in the 2010 national election appears to be a key motive behind the proposed cease-fire talks between the rebel group and the Burmese junta, according to analysts. The date of the meeting, possible to
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Myanmar protesters rallied outside Japan’s foreign ministry on Thursday, calling on Tokyo to freeze all aid to their country’s military regime. Some 30 asylum seekers from the isolated Southeast Asian country also known as Burma chanted slogans
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