Myanmar has been a textbook case of the tragedies of socialism. While people are familiar with Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung ...

A illustrated text shows King Mindon bringing in people from neighbouring regions ... was looted by a British naval office in the first Anglo-Burmese War, a manuscript shows King Thibaw being ...

1824-26 - First Anglo-Burmese war ends with the Treaty ... of the Red Cross accuses the government of abusing the Myanmar people's rights. The Karen rebellion against the Myanmar government ...

After the ending of most economic sanctions against a country that was a byword for repression they are ready to embrace the opportunities in a land of 60m people, tucked handily between India and ...

These, however, prove insufficient to stave off the British. 1826 - First Anglo-Burmese War: Burma loses Arakan, Manipur, Assam and Tenasserim to the British. 1852-53 - Second Anglo-Burmese War ...

As Myanmar's map of safe zones continues to shrink, the precarious position of the former British colonial hill station at Pyin Oo Lwin feels especially poignant. This is a place I have come to ...

and the war that is going o­n in that already devastated country seems to be a repeat of another conflict that took place closer to home in nearby Burma in the 19th century. For the benefit of ...

The Anglo-Burmese Treaty will operate from January ... The Constituent Assembly representing the people of Burma has decided that Burma’s future as an independent country “should lie outside ...