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Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has told an ecstatic crowd of Burma migrants in Thailand she would do all she could to help them, on the first stop of her first trip abroad in 24 years.

26 Feb 2015

4 min read

Burma has pardoned a number of prominent dissidents, journalists and a former premier under a major prisoner amnesty, intensifying a surprising series of reforms by the army-backed regime.

25 Aug 2013

4 min read

Burma democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party is expected to announce its return to the official political arena after years of marginalisation by ruling generals.

25 Aug 2013

5 min read

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Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has hailed a "new era" for Burma and called for political unity after her party swept to victory in elections. Meanwhile, Burma's foreign minister has told ASEAN diplomats the vote had gone "smoothly".

27 Aug 2013

6 min read

A Senate estimates hearing has been told the prime minister issued a directive last year for officials to refer to Burma, not Myanmar.

04 Jun 2014

2 min read

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Burmese villagers are opposing a huge copper mine, but does the involvement of the country's military Generals call into question the new political freedoms?

26 Aug 2013

1 min read

Human Rights watch has slammed a new Burmese law preventing anyoneserving a prison term from running for office, including oppositionleader Aung San Suu Kyi.

23 Aug 2013

2 min read

Rescuers are struggling to reach remote Burmese towns hit by a powerful earthquake as rare images from the area showed roads torn apart and wooden homes reduced to piles of timber.

24 Feb 2015

3 min read