Burma initially refused international relief ... explaining that Surin hadn’t been well-received by ASEAN’s foreign ministers. “Because of that he often acts as if he was still a foreign ...

Foreign ministers of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, say the military government of Burma, also known as Myanmar, has agreed to forego its turn as chairman of the group next year.

BURMA IS in crisis, its exiled prime minister said in Dublin yesterday. Dr Sein Win, who was re-elected prime minister of the exiled National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB ...

The ministers, including Burmese Foreign Minister Win Aung, yesterday met privately without their advisers to decide how the Burma issue would be handled in a communique to be released late today.

The sanctions were temporarily lifted last year, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi agreed Burma's progress merited the move being made permanent. An EU foreign ministers' meeting said an arms ...