Myanmar

The skies of central Myanmar were set ablaze with the beginning of the Taunggyi fire balloon festival

Her administration is managing a difficult transition from a military-run pariah nation to full-fledged democracy

Director of the local relief and resettlement department, Sa Willy Frient says the toll could rise

Both sides are expected to discuss border management as country shares its western frontier with India's northeast

In at least one instance, the hunt for suspects has led to soldiers killing residents

Burmese Muslims also complain of being treated as second-class citizens in their own country

Terminating an emergency order that deemed the policies of the former military govt a threat to US national security

Two teenage girls spent five years as housemaids and were beaten, burnt and deprived of sleep and food

The outbreak has struck Myanmar's northern Sagaing region

Muslims make up just over two per cent of Myanmar's population, government census figures showed

Government employee referred to Suu Kyi as the wife of a "kalar" a derogatory term used to slander foreigners

In past two weeks, Buddhist mobs have ransacked two mosques in separate towns

'The mob was unresponsive and entirely beyond control. The building was razed by the riotous crowd'

UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Yanghee Lee was speaking after nearly two-week visit to the Buddhist-majority nation

Muslim residents fear for their safety and are planning to move to a nearby town

The democracy champion was speaking during her first visit as a state leader to neighbouring Thailand

Bouts of anti-Muslim violence have left scores dead across the country since 2012

The Austrian-directed film, "Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess," is set in mid-20th century Myanmar

The area has suffered a string of deadly landslides, with a major incident last November killing 100

Buddhist nationalists have staged protests across the country against using the term Rohingya

The move allows all shipments to go through Myanmar's ports and airports, says the Treasury Department

Authorities said a cooking stove caused the blaze at the Bawdupa camp near the state capital Sittwe

Storms struck across five states after weeks of heatwave temperatures regularly topping 40C

"The boat sank because of a heavy wave in the sea," the official said

The country has been plagued by insurgencies by ethnic minority groups since independence from Britain

The order, signed by President Htin Kyaw, says the pardon is aimed at 'national reconciliation and peace of mind'

Widely circulated pictures showed a shaven-headed Thein Sein draped in the deep maroon robes of the Buddhist clergy

One can only hope that the new & improved Myanmar will also provide justice & equal rights for its minorities as well

The Nobel laureate has vowed to rule the country despite a constitutional block on her becoming president

Myanmar’s lawmakers elected him to become the country’s first civilian president in decades

Myanmar is in grip of stunning transformation from a repressed pariah state to rapidly opening aspiring democracy

Soldiers and local authorities hunted the animal 'to prevent danger to villagers' after it mauled the two men

Move would protect the buildings, considered holy sites by many locals

Myanmar's soon to be leader says children read less because use of technology has increased

Despite being cheered by Western democracies, Myanmar has a long road to recovery

Suu Kyi tells MPs from her NLD party that they are quite literally responsible for keeping their constituencies clean

Analysts say the country has a long way to go to build trust in its new market

Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled western Myanmar in recent years

The government does not recognise the term Rohingya and insists the minority group does not face official persecution

Authorities have pulled out scores of bodies since huge mountain of debris collapsed onto flimsy shacks on Saturday

State-run newspaper says many miners were sleeping in huts when landslide occurred

Thousands have been displaced in past month by ongoing clashes between Shan State Army-North and government forces

Government now beckons for Suu Kyi's party in a seismic change of the political landscape

The study by the London-based around 1.4 billion people donating money in 2014, up from 28.3 percent in 2013

The party needs to win 67 per cent of contested seats across both houses of parliament for a majority victory

Voters believe an election win will reset the country under Kyi's guidance, in a major stride away from army control

Top US diplomat points to the disfranchisement of minorities such as Rohingya Muslims

Suu Kyi has faced international censure for not speaking out in support of the Rohingya

Suu Kyi has towered over Myanmar's politics after decades-long struggle for democracy

Thein is contesting elections in Mandalay which is home to leading Ma Ba Tha monk self-styled as 'Burmese bin Laden'