1 hr ago | Stars and Stripes
A living memory of bonds between Myanmar, US
She broke her hip a while back and now uses a four-pronged cane to navigate through her home in this slowly modernizing city near the China border.
3 hrs ago | Stars and Stripes
Symbols of US, Myanmar cooperation with a divergent fate
World War II veterans who served in Burma commissioned this statue of American and Kachin soldiers, which stands in the U.S. Embassy grounds in Yangon.
9 hrs ago | AlertNet
Myanmar in the dark over hydropower for Asia
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13 hrs ago | The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine
City Rejects Rangoon Environmentalists' Trash Offensive
Environmental activists and celebrities who had planned to clean up Rangoon's litter-strewn streets and public spaces over the weekend were prevented from doing so by the city's Municipal Committee.
18 hrs ago | The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine
Govt Sets Two-Child Limit for Rohingyas in Northern Arakan
A Rohingya woman and her child at Bawdupha, a camp located several kilometers east of Sittwe, Arakan State.
22 hrs ago | Malaysian National News Agency
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay a state visit to Myanmar soon, an official announcement said here Tuesday without specifying the date of his visit.
United States' Burma Sanctions List Languishes
If you're American and want to do business in Burma, there's a list of people and companies you have to steer clear of by law.
Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights on Monday when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years.
Obama meets at the White House with President Thein Sein of Burma, also known as Myanmar, which is trying to move past the military dictatorship that has run the country in recent decades.
Gay rights activist arrested after protest in Changsha
Patrick Boehler has written for Time, Bloomberg, Le Monde Diplomatique and the Chinese weekly Shidai Zhoubao.
Myanmar camps face monsoon threat
Myanmar's victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away.
Bangladesh Says 31 Bodies from Burma Found along Coast
A ship is seen from the shore of the Bay of Bengal before Cyclone Mahasen approaches in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2013.
From cars to cola, U.S. firms cross into Burma
KFC and a host of other American icons are finally coming to Burma as the army-ruled nation known officially as Myanmar ends five decades of isolation.
Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles A once-fearsome...
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm.
Myanmar leader starts landmark US visit
Myanmar president Thein Sein prepares to leave for a state visit to the US, the first by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years, at Yangon International airport, Myanmar, on Friday, May 17, 2013.
Myanma MA60 at Monghsat on May 16th 2013, runway excursion
A Myanma Airways Xian MA-60, registration XY-AIQ performing a flight from Heho to Monghsat with 55 passengers, overran the end of the runway while landing on Monghsat's runway 30 at about 11:50L by about 240 meters and stopped at the airport perimeter fence.
Burma's 'hidden genocide': A rare visit to Rohingya refugee camps
A Rohingya man pushes a rickshaw leaving a camp for displaced Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Thursday, May 16, 2013.
UN assesses low damage from weakened Cyclone Mahasen in Bangladesh, Myanmar
Displaced people in Khaung Doke Khar, Myanmar, were moved out of tents to nearby government shelters outside Sittwe, Rakhine state ahead of Cyclone Mahasen.
YANGON: President Thein Sein's historic invitation to the White House is an endorsement of 'Myanmar's Spring' and a further sign that the former pariah's reforms are irreversible, a senior Myanmar official said.
Take BART to the 9th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the 9th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration on Saturday, May 18th from 11a.m. to 6 p.m. in San Francisco's Civic Center.