In this report “child” means any person under the age of 18 years. In 1989 the English name of the country was changed from Burma to Myanmar by the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council ...

Myanmar's military has seized power after a decade of the leadership by the National League for Democracy at the helm of Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Suu Kyi and other senior members of her governing party ...

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier ...

Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps, according to the ...

Mohammed Rofiq, a Rohingya refugee, reads Islamic scripture in his home in Kutupalong refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Reuters Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South-east Asia has a new challenger on the tourism block: Burma. The ministry of hotels and tourism announced ...

YANGON, Myanmar – For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, the minority ethnic group is being wiped off the map. After a series of ...

The last time Burma really mattered to the United States, Imperial Japanese forces were marching on Asia. Vinegar Joe Stillwell built a road through the Burmese jungle to resupply China during the ...

The last time Burma really mattered to the United States, Imperial Japanese forces were marching on Asia. Vinegar Joe Stillwell built a road through the Burmese jungle to resupply China during the ...