Corruption in Burma (Myanmar) is systemic and widespread, and will be the most significant threat to the country’s future economic growth and development. There are many factors that contribute to ...

Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Burma on Monday, aiming to alleviate the suffering of millions displaced by ongoing conflict. Critics say the aid may only reach ...

'Would there be a chance of blueberry cheesecake?” asked Aung San Suu Kyi with a weary smile. We were in the National League for Democracy's decrepit headquarters in Rangoon, Burma and I had just ...

What happens when an irresistible army meets the unmovable people? We may find out in Burma. The Southeast Asian country appears to be moving toward convulsion, collapse, and chaos. The ultimate ...

Thailand plans to open a humanitarian corridor within a month to deliver aid to suffering civilians in war-torn Burma. The plan initially targets a small proportion of the 2.6 million displaced ...

Tsinyu Mountain, Burma-- The seasoned guerrilla officer surveys the battlefield from his do-or-die mountaintop defenses: to the front, visible through the haze, a town torched and brutalized by ...

Duct tape holds together his Chinese-made assault rifle, and the mosquito net in his rucksack gapes with so many holes that it practically invites dengue- and malaria-carrying insects to feast on his ...

The sound of mortars and artillery shells is a constant across Burma’s ethnic states, and after nearly 80 years of war, the people have learned to endure. They can now gauge the distance of incoming ...

Brent Sadler is a senior fellow for naval warfare and advanced technology at The Heritage Foundation. Jack Erickson is a former member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. As war ...

The proposed UN inquiry would call the Burmese regime to account, but it depends on global support that's so far lacking Support for an international commission of inquiry into war crimes in Burma got ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Crazy news coming out of Burma yesterday: The Karen National Union, an ethnic ...