Chiang Mai – Burma’s opposition leader and National League for Democracy (NLD) General-Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi said in a speech on the International Day of Democracy that Burma is now in a condition where political changes can occur. (more…)

More than a hundred farmers in Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta region took to the streets on Thursday, demanding that the authorities return plots of lands which they said were forcibly confiscated from them by a construction company and the Burmese military. (more…)

The family of a political prisoner suffering from the later stages of cancer, with apparently only six months left to live, have sent a letter to Burma’s President, Thein Sein to consider an amnesty for him. (more…)

Yangon – Myanmar lifted bans on prominent news websites on Thursday, including some run by critics of the army-dominated government, and unblocked online video portal YouTube, the latest signs of possible reforms in one of Asia’s most reclusive states. (more…)

Naypyidaw, Myanmar — Some degree of freedom has been seen in military-controlled Myanmar (Burma), as foreign media were allowed into the reclusive nation to cover a parliamentary session that was the first convened in 23 years. (more…)

YANGON – Myanmar’s tourism authorities are taking measures and cooperating with private tour operators and travel agencies in the country to improve tourism services in a bid to lure more foreign tourist. (more…)

San Francisco — The United States will meet next week with Myanmar’s foreign minister in the second such talks this month to explore “winds of change” it sees in the nation, a senior official said Wednesday. (more…)

The country’s foreign minister claimed in a speech to the UN that real progress is being made, but evidence of this is thin on the ground (more…)

China and India are both hungry for Burma’s vast natural riches. But will Burma’s people pay the price or can this Southeast Asian backwater finally enter the 21st century? (more…)