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At least 25 people were killed and 250 injured in an earthquake that struck a remote area of southwest China near the border with Burma on Thursday, state media reported.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held landmark talks with Burma's rulers, saying she was 'encouraged' by reform moves from the new regime after decades of repression and isolation.
The US gave the green light to companies to invest in Burma including in oil and gas, in its broadest and most controversial easing yet of sanctions on the former pariah.
Burma's president has urged the nation's millions-strong diaspora to return, state media reported, as the country seeks skilled workers to help smooth the passage of reform.
Starved of funds and medicine during decades of military rule, doctors at a clinic in Yangon offer their usual advice to one of Burma's newest HIV patients -- come back when you're sicker.
Intrepid cookbook author Naomi Duguid takes us into the heartland of Burma (Myanmar), uncovering the delights its capital Rangoon has to offer, from its open-air food markets, fish curries and tea-leaf salads to silent contemplation at Buddhist temples.
Burma is carrying out a secret atomic weapons programme that could 'really speed up’ if the army-ruled country is aided by North Korea, according to a top nuclear scientist.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Burma on the first top-level US visit for half a century.
Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr says Australia will lift its remaining sanctions against Burma to encourage further democratic reforms.
An Australian woman who survived a Christmas Day plane crash in Burma says there was no warning and she feared she wouldn't make it out of the burning aircraft.
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