Thein Sein

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on May 24 starts his three-day visit to Myanmar, which includes a meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein on May 26 in the capital city of Naypyidaw....

WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House visit that he appreciates the leader's efforts to lead the Asian country on its...

MEIKHTILA, Myanmar--A court in Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to terms ranging from life to two years in prison on May 21 for the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian...

YANGON--Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on April 23 for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, of whom 56 were confirmed as political detainees by a group...

LUXEMBOURG--The European Union agreed on April 22 to lift all sanctions on Myanmar, except for an arms embargo, despite a Human Rights Watch report which accused authorities of ...

When Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, head of Myanmar’s largest opposition party, arrives in Japan on April 13 for the first time in 27 years, she will be returning with...

YANGON, Myanmar--Anti-Muslim mobs rampaged through three more towns in Myanmar's predominantly Buddhist heartland over the weekend, destroying mosques and burning dozens of...

MEIKHTILA, Myanmar--Mobs set fire to Muslim homes and mosques in frenzied sectarian rioting in a town in central Myanmar, leaving at least 20 people dead and more than 6,000...

YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar journalists just getting used to their new era of freedom howled when the government announced plans for a media law that could lock many old...

LAWA YANG, Myanmar--Kneeling beside a line of freshly dug trenches carved like one long, open wound into a lush hillside, the rebel sergeant peered through dusty binoculars at...

YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar's reformist president said on Feb. 1 that his country's recent clearing of billions of dollars of foreign debt is its first step toward ending its...

Myanmar has cleared its arrears to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank and secured a huge debt write-off by creditor countries grouped in the Paris Club, clearing the way ...

YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar troops attacked rebel positions in northeast Kachin on Jan. 20 despite a ceasefire order from the president and an invitation to the rebels to take...

YANGON, Myanmar--The International Committee of the Red Cross will resume visits to detainees in Myanmar's prisons next week after a hiatus of seven years.

LAIZA, Myanmar--Ethnic Kachins living in makeshift camps in Myanmar described their terror at the army's use of air power during fighting with Kachin rebels seeking more...