Suu Kyi, who was elected prime minister in 1990 when her National League ... both exiled and within Burma. Returning back to his home base in suburban Maryland this week, Win spoke by telephone ...

He and fellow student Nu (a later Prime Minister of Burma) joined the thakin movement. The name, which translates as ‘master’, was an appropriation of the term colonial subjects in Burma had to use ...

"There are growing signs of discontent among his cabinet ministers... They have been betrayed by their boss. "Like it or not, army uniforms are a symbol of authority in Burma," it went on.

“We Fight the Same Evils.” U Nu, 48, has been Prime Minister of Burma (pop. 19 million) for all seven of its years as a free country. Beset by two Communist and several factional ...

Burma's state radio and TV announced the cabinet changes late Saturday. The foreign and deputy foreign ministers and the ministers for agriculture and transport all retired. No official reasons ...

IN THE winter of 1960, Ne Win, then prime minister of Burma, visited China to sign a treaty of friendship. He felt instantly comfortable with the Chinese, partly perhaps because of a blood tie ...