YANGON — A senior US diplomat discussed economic sanctions with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday during the first high-level visit by a Washington envoy since her release last month. (more…)

Chiang Mai – On the heels of the largest influx of Burmese refugees to Thailand in a decade, assistance organisations are calling for a global response in ensuring a holistic system of aid is in place for those displaced. (more…)

Bangkok – The nation’s political prisoners are holding out for an amnesty. (more…)

Hundreds of military tanks equipped with rocket launching systems developed by China have been offloaded at a Rangoon port owned by a crony of the Burmese junta, eye-witnesses claim. (more…)

Geneva — Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights. (more…)

Bangkok — As the United States searches for new ways to nudge Myanmar toward democratic change, it may find an unexpected ally in China, according to secret diplomatic cables. (more…)

Fears of bomb plan as witnesses tell US embassy that North Koreans are involved with underground facility in jungle. (more…)

No matter how carefully they tread on the issue of reviving the Union spirit among different ethnic communities, Aung San Suu Kyi and non-violent ethnic minority leaders – not to mention the armed ethnic resistance organisations – are heading for an inevitable collision course with Burma’s military junta. Here is why. (more…)

Chiang Mai/New York—A transition in Burma should entail a genuine effort to end impunity for human rights violations, including an international commission of inquiry into allegations of these crimes, said the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) on the 62nd anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (more…)