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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reuters reported Wednesday that Burma is negotiating with China and Russia in the hope of blocking any censure from the Security Council. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited the ...

The latest outbreak of violence comes as Burma hosts its first round of meetings as the chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week, with foreign ministers from the ...

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 ...

(From a speech to the All-Burma Peasants Organization at Mandalay, May, 1953) Humanity has been led astray by three evils – greed, hatred and ignorance. Whether we are Buddhists, Hindus ...

"Burma" (favored by the U.S. and human rights ... ostensibly civilian government under a retired general and former prime minister, Thein Sein. Aung San Suu Kyi and much—but not all—of her ...

"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 ...