Thai raid on fishing operation frees dozens of enslaved migrants

A migrant worker from Burma gets off a fishing boat at a seafood market in the town of Mahachai near Bangkok. (Reuters) By NANG MYA NADI / ...

Burma fails on natural resource governance: report

Pipeline leaving Maday Island, en route to China. (Photo provided by Shwe Gas Movement) By HANNA HINDSTROM Burma has the worst record on na...

Obama to meet leader of Burma (Myanmar)

Burmese President Thein Sein (right) meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Yangon last year. The White House announced today that Pres...

White House To Host Myanmar President In Historic Visit

Burmese President Thein Sein (right) meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Yangon last year. By RFE/RL May 15, 2013 The White House ha...

Officials reach out to refugees following fighting in Shan state

Shan State Army-South soldiers march during the 65th anniversary of Shan State National Day at the army's Loi Taileng headquarters alon...

Mass evacuations underway as Cyclone Mahesan hits Bangladesh coast

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken refuge in shelters as Cyclone Mahesan has hit the Bangladeshi coast. The storm is expected to hit...

Relocation of Rohingya continues despite objections from Arakanese locals

A girl from the Pauktaw township walks in a Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDP) camp outside Sittwe on 15 May 2013. (Reuters) By DV...

Cyclone bears down on Bay of Bengal

Thousands have moved to shelters in Bangladesh but in Burma, authorities have encountered a deep reluctance to move among Rohingya refugees ...

The World’s Biggest Reclining Buddha

Sculptures of hell guards and sinners are seen inside the reclining Buddha statue.(Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy) By THE IRRAWADDY Less than...

After Chinese Arms Allegations, UWSA Shows Off ‘Thai’ Military Hardware

A pictured published in the state-run Myanma Ahlin on Tuesday purportedly shows a helicopter purchased by the United Wa State Army (UWSA). (...

88 Generation Students Hold Talks With US, China

Burmese activist Min Ko Naing speaks to supporters shortly after his release from prison, Jan. 14, 2012. AFP A key reform group in Burma ha...

Nearly 200 killed in Myanmar boat accident

Thousands of people have been moved from low-lying camps to safer shelter ahead of Cyclone Mahasen [AFP] Vessels with 200 Rohingya Muslims e...

Illegal Burmese migrants arrested in western Thailand

Thailand is home to up to three million Burmese, many of whom work in dangerous industries such as fisheries (Reuters) By NANG MYA NADI Ove...

Myanmar must avert further humanitarian disaster as cyclone approaches

More than 140,000 individuals – mostly from the Rohingya Muslim minority – are currently displaced across Rakhine state in Myanmar. Heavy m...

Global Beer Brands Make Move to Myanmar

Heineken, Carlsberg Seek Growth in Asian Nation As Sanctions End By: E.J. Schultz Bio First came the cola. Now comes the beer. Heineken anno...

Myanmar moves internal refugees as cyclone nears

YANGON: Myanmar on Sunday began moving people into emergency shelters as a cyclone threatened to batter a violence-wracked region home to te...

Thein Sein to visit US 'soon'

Thein Sein, Myanmar's president. (Bloomberg photo) YANGON - Myanmar's president will soon make the first state visit to the United S...

Clashes likely to delay Myanmar-China pipeline start-u

Posted by Muhammad Iqbal YANGON: Security concerns will likely delay the first shipments of gas and oil from the Myanmar coast to China thro...

Cyclone storm 'Mahasen' weakens, likely to move towards Bangladesh-Myanmar

Under its impact, rain or thundershower is expected occur at a few places over Odisha during the next 24 hours.  The cyclonic storm 'Mah...

Refugees Face Uncertain Future as Myanmar Opens

By DENIS D. GRAY Associated Press MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand May 12, 2013 (AP) Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has k...