After years of imprisonment and detention, Gambira– once a prominent dissident Buddhist monk in Myanmar – has disrobed and is now a civilian. (more…)

Zeyar Thaw, one of Myanmar’s leading hip-hop stars, never dreamed of entering parliament, let alone representing a district in the military-dominated capital of Naypyidaw. (more…)

Looking across a sea of young workers perched behind rows of buzzing sewing machines, factory owner Myint Soe has one main hope for Monday’s suspension of European sanctions on Burma—the restoration of some of the 80,000 garment industry jobs lost here over the past 10 years. (more…)

IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Saturday praised Myanmar’s overhaul of its complex exchange-rate system, the new government’s most radical economic reform yet in a bid to lure investors. (more…)

Japan on Saturday pledged $7.4 billion in development aid over the next three years to Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam, and also waived billions of dollars in Burmese debt. (more…)

The European Union’s suspension of economic sanctions against Myanmar has riled exiled activists, who are urging the United States to press for further reforms by the dominant military before following suit. (more…)

Canada will suspend most of its sanctions against Myanmar in recognition of recent democratic reforms in the isolated Southeast Asian nation, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Tuesday. (more…)

Ever since their ice-breaking meeting last year, President Thein Sein and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi have shown uncommon courage and pragmatism as they have moved cautiously, but in step, to reorient public attitudes and transform the political climate within Myanmar. (more…)

The no-show in the Myanmar parliament by the National League for Democracy was an embarrassment for all concerned. (more…)