Burma

Myanmar's New Democratic Parliament Chooses First Civilian President

By R. Siva Kumar - Mar 15, 2016 08:17 PM EDT

Htin Kyaw, Aung San Suu Kyi's adviser, has been chosen President of the first civilian government in the new democratic Parliament of Myanmar after 50 years.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi-led NLD to Form New Burmese Government after Decades of Military Rule

By Jenn Loro - Feb 02, 2016 08:08 AM EST

Nobel Peace laureate Aung Suu Kyi and her NLD allies are in position to form the first democratically elected government since 1962 after historic November elections.

Burmese drug bribes discovered by citizens' action

By David Allen - Oct 26, 2015 09:27 AM EDT

A group of concerned citizens in northern Burma launched a crackdown on illegal drugs - and accidentally found proof that government authorities are on the take from the drug gangs.

New wave of Rohingya about to hit Southeast Asia

By David Allen - Oct 16, 2015 10:10 AM EDT

Thousands of mistreated Rohingya Muslims from western Burma overwhelmed the region last year, and it's all about to start again.

Burma detains Chinese dissident's son

By David Allen - Oct 11, 2015 12:08 PM EDT

Burmese police have detained the teenaged son of a prominent Chinese dissident, apparently while the youth was trying to defect to the United States.

Drug-resistant malaria spreads through South East Asia

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 31, 2014 06:54 PM EDT

Health officials are deeply concerned about a strain of drug-resistant malaria that has appeared throughout South East Asia.

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