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ANALYSIS | THE WORD THE BURMESE LEADERSHIP DOES NOT WANT THE POPE TO SAY DURING HIS VISIT


Pope Francis waves to well-wishers as he is driven past the Shwedagon Pagoda after his arrival Monday in Rangoon, Burma... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 518

ANALYSIS | NORTH KOREA'S ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN STATUS AS A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM


Two decades after being designated a state sponsor of terrorism, North Korea was removed from the list in 2008 by the administration of President George W. Bush... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 338

UNDER SIEGE IN THEIR VILLAGES, ROHINGYA STILL IN BURMA SAY THEY'RE TRAPPED


Rather, he said, it has realized that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are exposing atrocities in Rakhine and tarnishing Burma's image... READ MORE

2nd October, 2017 1403

Trending News Headlines : Rangoon

HUNDREDS ARE DEAD IN BURMA AS THE ROHINGYA CRISIS EXPLODES AGAIN


Thousands of Rohingya people displaced as violence in Burma erupts again... READ MORE

2nd September, 2017 7515

ANALYSIS | THE WORLD'S 'MOST FRIENDLESS PEOPLE' ARE UNDER ASSAULT YET AGAIN


Over the past decade, the world has seen waves of Rohingya attempting to flee Burma... READ MORE

31st August, 2017 7214

AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S VISIT WITH HER SON AND GRANDCHILDREN IS A POIGNANT REMINDER OF WHAT SHE HAS SACRIFICED


Her discussions in Washington may include the urgent situation in the western part of the country, where Rohingya Muslims live in apartheid-like conditions... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 4087

MYANMAR'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO MEET WITH BARACK OBAMA


Aung San Suu Kyi and US President Barack Obama are expected to discuss the easing of economic sanctions against Myanmar... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 3346

THE ROHINGYA'S EXODUS FROM BURMA IS ARDUOUS -- AND SOMETIMES LETHAL


A Rohingya refugee carries a child through a paddy field after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Wednesday... READ MORE

6th September, 2017 1607

OBAMA MEETS SUU KYI, PRODS BURMA ON ELECTIONS


EST November 14, 2014 US President Barack Obama embraces Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press conference at her residence in Rangoon on Nov... READ MORE

14th November, 2014 1173

A TAXI DRIVER WHO BATTLED WITH AN ASSASSIN IN BURMA IS HAILED AS A HERO


Co-workers piled a bloody Nay Win into Aye Myint's cab... READ MORE

2nd March, 2017 1060

BURMA CAPTURES 9TH RARE WHITE ELEPHANT


Burma has eight white elephants in captivity, most from the Ayeyarwaddy region... READ MORE

2nd March, 2015 1041

BURMA OPPOSITION PARTY OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI HEADED TOWARD LANDSLIDE VICTORY


While an NLD victory is a severe rebuke to the military-aligned ruling party, the military will still play a central role in Burma... READ MORE

9th November, 2015 935

ANALYSIS | NORTH KOREA DEMANDS THAT THE U.S. HAND OVER WOULD-BE ASSASSINS OF KIM JONG UN


In 1983, North Korean agents detonated a powerful bomb by remote control during a wreath-laying ceremony attended by a visiting South Korean presidential delegation in Rangoon, Burma... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 857

BERCOW TOLD TO TAKE THE TUBE AFTER ?172 ONE MILE CHAUFFEUR DRIVE


John Bercow was lambasted by a Treasury minister on Friday after racking up a ?172 bill being chauffeur-driven to a conference just 0.7 miles 1.1km from Parliament... READ MORE

26th July, 2015 752

OPPOSITION PARTY PROJECTS VICTORY IN BURMAS FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTION IN YEARS


In Burma's last democratic election in 1990, Suu Kyi and the NLD won an overwhelming majority, but the country's military dictators ignored the results... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 661

AUNG SAN SUU KYIS PARTY PREDICTS LANDSLIDE WIN IN BURMA ELECTIONS


Suu Kyi, 70, appeared at the NLD headquarters on Monday morning before cheering supporters, saying it was too early to congratulate winners... READ MORE

9th November, 2015 654

A NOT-THAT-SHORT HISTORY OF NORTH KOREAN ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS


The South Koreans were arrested and put on trial, and the two North Korean agents were sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to kill Hwang... READ MORE

15th February, 2017 648

HARD-LINE BUDDHIST MONKS THREATEN BURMAS HOPES FOR DEMOCRACY


Buddhist monks attend a Ma Ba Tha ceremony to mark the approval of race and religious laws at Thuwana indoor stadium in Rangoon on Oct... READ MORE

5th November, 2015 392

BURMA'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI: FROM HOUSE ARREST TO A LANDSLIDE ELECTION VICTORY


Suu Kyi said Canada's sanctions on Burma helped in the push for reform. Paul Chiasson Pool Reuters... READ MORE

9th November, 2015 333

AUNG SAN SUU KYI CONFIDENT SHE HAS SECURED VICTORY


Burma elections Aung San Suu Kyi confident she has secured victory... READ MORE

9th November, 2015 332

BURMA ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT AND ARMY CHIEF CONGRATULATE AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND PLEDGE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER


The latest returns, which included a comprehensive victory for Ms Suu Kyi in her Irrawaddy delta constituency, continued the NLD landslide... READ MORE

11th November, 2015 328

NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD


Wallace Woon, European Pressphoto Agency Fullscreen The New Year's Eve fireworks display dazzles in Wellington, New Zealand... READ MORE

1st January, 2015 321

OBAMA VISITS BIZARRE HEART OF BURMESE MILITARY REGIME


This week, on his second visit to Burma, Barack Obama became the first U... READ MORE

14th November, 2014 300

AUNG SAN SUU KYI VOWS TO BE BURMAS NEXT LEADER DESPITE OBSTACLES


Asked whether she thought the elections were free and fair, Suu Kyi replied Fair, no... READ MORE

10th November, 2015 299

BURMA ELECTION: VOTERS CAST BALLOTS AMID HOPE AND FOREBODING


Aung san suu kyi casts vote as large turnout reported across burma in watershed elections after five decades of military rule... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 285

BUDDHIST MONKS WARM TO MILITARY IN FACE OF PERCEIVED MUSLIM THREAT


Muslims in Burma constitute around 5 per cent of the population, as against the 90 per cent plus of Buddhists... READ MORE

9th November, 2015 204

AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO MEET BARACK OBAMA IN WASHINGTON FOR FIRST TIME AS BURMA LEADER


She faces the challenge of guiding Burma's relationship with the United States and neighboring power China, which enjoyed a preferential relationship with the military government... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 190

HOW A BATTLE IN NORTH-EAST INDIA CHANGED WW2


But that defeat actually started in Kohima and Imphal, bordering Burma in north-east India, a year earlier... READ MORE

31st January, 2016 183

THAI PM DEFENDS INVESTIGATION INTO BRITONS MURDER


While Prayuth was in Burma he was lobbied by the country's president, Thein Sein, to ensure the suspects were treated fairly... READ MORE

11th October, 2014 172

RIVAL MOVIES BREAK TABOO ON BURMA'S NATIONAL HERO


Aung San," he said about the father of modern-day Burma, who was assassinated in 1947 and is the father of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's beloved opposition leader... READ MORE

31st January, 2015 169

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S PARTY LAST WON AN ELECTION IN BURMA


The election is the latest signpost along Burma's long, fitful journey toward a genuine democracy... READ MORE

9th November, 2015 168

LUXURY CARS AND KFC: LIFE IN THE NEW BURMA


Burma, also known as Myanmar, won independence from Britain in 1948, but more than half a century of military rule left the country isolated and impoverished... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 159

ON WORLD WATER DAY, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH


However, for billions of people around the world, daily water still comes from lakes and rivers... READ MORE

23rd March, 2016 123


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