President Barack Obama's November visit to Burma showcased his Administration's approach to Burma. It is one of gentle persuasion and positive reinforcement, except for sanctions tightly targeted at ...

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 ...

An interactive prison map of Myanmar was created in support of the ‘Free Burma’s Video Journalists campaign. The map identifies the locations and gives a brief description of Myanmar’s 43 prisons ...

This past weekend a cyclone hit Myanmar (formerly Burma), killing at least 15,000 with many more missing. It’s a massive tragedy. Now data on the cyclone and its path, from the UN Institute for ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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

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 ...

Thailand's foreign minister Surakiart Sathirithai has proposed a new formula to Burma's military rulers to try and break the country's political stalemate. He has suggested to Rangoon that it needs to ...