Myanmar

Friday's picks from beyondbrics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the ex-generals must overcome their past; Qatar is being nudged aside...

If a single image captures the scope of Myanmar’s sweeping transition, it is the photograph of opposition leader and Nobel...

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, May 16 - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh’s low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six people after...

Rohingya women sit in front of their relief tent at the Mansi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp on the outskirts of...

A Rohingya boy wraps himself with a sarong as he walks in the rain at a makeshift camp for displaced Rohingya people in...

Christian churches dot the leafy streets of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin, Myanmar’s northern most state. Unlike the...

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader, has called on UK university leaders to help her country rebuild its higher...

The abrupt exit of one of Myanmar’s leading reformist ministers from the helm of the government’s powerful investment...

Tuesday's picks from beyondbrics: can renewable energy pick up the slack in South Africa? Myanmar's hard grind; China's...

As I dragged my luggage through the long terminal of the ridiculously hot and humid Yangon airport a few days ago, I thought...

Aerosmith wrote a hit single about “Livin’ on the Edge” but it seems that Jakarta, which has one of Southeast Asia’s hottest...

As I dragged my luggage through the long terminal of the ridiculously hot and humid Yangon airport a few days ago, I thought...

Muslims sit near their destroyed homes after riots broke out in a village at Oakkan town, about 100 km north of Yangon, on...

Ford joined the growing stream of US companies investing in Myanmar by announcing plans to open a full-service showroom and...

YANGON - Rioters attacked a mosque and Muslim businesses in central Myanmar on Tuesday, police said, the nearest a series of...

A worker polishes a Ford car during an event by the US carmaker in Yangon. Ford announced plans on Tuesday to enter into...

Hla Hla May, a Rohingya Muslim woman displaced by violence, holds her one-year-old daughter Roshan at a former rubber...

The Myanmar government has been urged to lift barriers to citizenship for some of the country’s estimated 800,000 stateless...

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* EU lifts Myanmar sanctions * Russia to dip into reserve fund * Brazil education groups in $2.5bn tie-up * Bumi shares...

EU foreign ministers on Monday lifted all but military-related sanctions against Myanmar from the end of the month, amid...

Apollo Tyres, the Indian tyre manufacturer which currently produces out of India, the Netherlands and South Africa, is now...

Monday's picks from beyondbrics: Brazil's boom has peaked; how to respond to a 'three-speed world'; missing Kim Jong-il; the...

Myanmar’s leaders will come under the spotlight this week with the EU expected to remove all but military-related sanctions,...

Myanmar has embarked on one of the most significant political transitions taking place globally. Unlike the Arab spring,...

The week in emerging markets, with our most read stories, five things we have learned, and the week in a chart – this week,...

The 2,000-odd Moken people, or sea gypsies, live among the 800 islands of the Mergui archipelago off southern Myanmar. The...

The EU is set to lift its sanctions on Myanmar apart from an arms embargo next week, in a move that will encourage European...

Boys play on teak logs piled at a port in Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday.  ...

A woman lights frankincense as she prays at Shwedagon Pagoda on the first day of Myanmar's traditional New Year in Yangon...

As beyondbrics reported yesterday, Myanmar's new trasparency zeal could be a nightmare for China, given the close...

It's hardly a move to please China. Myanmar, up to recently a loyal neighbour with seemingly endless willingness to open up...

These days, Myanmar’s fearsome generals have largely returned to barracks or are wearing longyis. During a five-day maiden...

Youths dressed as punks drink beer as they wait for a punk music show during the Myanmar New Year Water Festival in Yangon...

Asian stocks fell with the Nikkei down 0.9% as the yen strengthened against the dollar by 0.2% to 99.52. The Hang Seng rose...

* Russia slashes 2013 growth forecast * US warns on N Korea nuclear missile * Myanmar opens hydrocarbons auction * Hungary:...

Myanmar has opened a long-awaited auction for 30 offshore oil and gas exploration blocks in its latest effort to attract...