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South-East Asian leaders have agreed to allow military-dominated Burma to lead ASEAN in 2014.

25 Feb 2015

1 min read

In Burma, the fight for autonomy between government troops and Kachin rebels is intensifying, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced.

26 Aug 2013

1 min read

Southeast Asian leaders are expected to issue a formal call for the West to ease sanctions on Burma, at the end of a summit which has also been dominated by tensions with China.

26 Aug 2013

4 min read

Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for her once-banned party to unify as it prepares for landmark 2015 polls, conceding there had been 'some fighting' over party positions.

27 Aug 2013

2 min read

Channel Four's John Sparks reports on what is believed to be the worst single example of violence against the Muslim Rohingya community in the country's northwest.

26 Aug 2013

1 min read

Burrma's president has condemned sectarian violence that has left scores dead and promised to handle many of the grievances, UN leader Ban Ki-moon announced.

26 Aug 2013

2 min read

Burma democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi said her country was at the start of the road to reconciliation as she arrived in Norway to finally give her Nobel Peace Prize speech.

27 Aug 2013

5 min read

Why did one of the most recognisable human rights heroines of the past half-century do nothing about shocking human rights violations taking place in her own backyard?

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.

30 Mar 2021

5 min read

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23 Aug 2013

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