Myanmar
The latest news and comment on Myanmar
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Five men were found in a shallow grave days after being rounded up and led away in the northern Shan State
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Myanmar refugee Imran Mohammad Fazal Hoque writes of ‘inhumane and cruel torture’ suffered during 1,000 days in Australian-run detention and calls for government to find safe resettlement
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Letters: The more time that passes, the more powerfully will extremism take hold and divisions form.
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Maung Saung Kha is one of the first political activists sentenced since Aung San Suu Kyi took power in April
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Concerns grow that Buddhist extremism may flourish unless country’s new democratic leaders counter discrimination against minorities
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Coastal districts expected to be hit by storm surge on Saturday, following heavy rains and landslides in Sri Lanka this week
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s election win saw the former political prisoner put in charge of Myanmar’s first civilian government since 1962
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Migrant Offshore Aid Station charity says Bangkok gave go-ahead but later prevented import of two drone helicopters needed to find people in distress
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Myanmar can flourish by sowing seeds of agricultural prosperity
Deirdre May Culley and Martha BaxterTo build on its historic election victory, Myanmar’s ruling party must invest in agriculture to tackle poverty and stimulate growth -
International human rights groups applaud release of imprisoned activists – including a group of students – by Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration
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Editorial: Myanmar still has two governments – civilian and military. One will need to give way to the other
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New president suggests the junta-drafted constitution that barred Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency will be changed
Lost Worlds Revisited Why two tiny wings preserved in amber have palaeontologists in a flap