RANGOON – Myanmar’s Parliamentary house speaker Shwe Mann took time out on Wednesday to welcome UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie Pitt to parliament. According to...
BANGKOK – An international workers’ union has declared the Thai government to be “on trial” in an impending defamation case against a British human rights...
BANGKOK – The battle for who holds Thailand’s seat of power took on a new twist Monday as the leader of anti-government protests planned to...
RANGOON – The Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Childers and about 21 sailors will steam into Yangon (Rangoon) harbour on Monday for a four-day goodwill...
YANGON — Myanmar’s army has freed 96 children and young people from its armed forces, the United Nations said Saturday, hailing a “historic step” towards...
BANGKOK – The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court postponed a case until Nov 11, 2013 against a British labour activist Andy Hall for the fifth time...
YANGON – Myanmar’s President Thein Sein has lashed out against Time magazine’s cover story on “Buddhist terror” for undermining Government efforts to ease sectarian tensions in...
BANGKOK – Last Thursday while Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his residence and urging Japan to...
YANGON – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has forgiven billions of dollars of Burmese debt and promised new aid. Analysts said despite China being its...
MYANMAR – In the Western stereotype, Buddhists are meditating pacifists who strive to keep their distance from worldly passions. But last month, more than 40...
YANGON – Buddhist monks armed with swords and machetes stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar on Friday where sectarian violence has left...
YANGON – Myanmar’s military has been granted a $2.4 billion annual budget, just over 12 percent of total government spending in the poverty-stricken country, according...
BANGKOK – Andy Hall a prominent British human rights activist who has worked with Aung San Suu Kyi is facing two years in prison and...
MYANMAR – A World Bank official said Friday that Myanmar has “enormous potential” as it undergoes reforms, which have led the Washington-based lender to launch...
KUALA LUMPUR— When Hussein Juhar, a Rohingya Muslim from Burma’s western Arakan (Rakhine) State, saw the crew of the boat that would smuggle him to...
BANGKOK – The United States plans to invite Myanmar to a major regional military exercise next year, host country Thailand said on Friday, reflecting a...
MAE SARIANG, northern Thailand—Driving from the tiny town of Mae Sariang in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, to a small Thai-Burmese frontier trading point...
Chiangrai Times – Myanmar’s President Thein Sein made his first official trip to Thailand since taking power in a visit likely to focus on economic...
Chiangrai Times – Thailand has great potential to be a regional hub for British investors seeking a springboard for exploring opportunities in Myanmar and other...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Professor Geoffrey Lipman, President of the International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP), told delegates from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar that...