As Burma heads to historic elections, Bill Whitaker reports on the country's democratic movement and the woman most responsible for it, Aung San Suu Kyi (Original air date: Oct. 25, 2015 ...

What led to this rare case of dual identity? And what name should we use for the Southeast Asian country? Myanmar (Burma) is the largest country in Mainland Southeast Asia, and has a population of ...

The country many of us knew as Burma, a forgotten backwater for most Americans, is suddenly in play. Long a Chinese acolyte, the military-dominated government last month canceled a huge Chinese ...

In official documents issued by the Biden administration, the country with beaches on the Andaman Sea is Burma. And whenever the country is in the news, the question of what’s in a name returns.

To the saleswomen at a clothing shop here, the arrival of democracy means more customers looking to buy tight skirts and sleeveless tops, a sharp departure from the sarongs still ubiquitous in ...

In case of abuse, Report this post. The brutal takeover by the military, renews the debate about how the country should be addressed, Burma or Myanmar. In the past, the country’s electoral ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Burma's military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have ...

Since Thein Sein took office as Burma’s president nine months ago, the country’s famous opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from house arrest, political prisoners have been ...

"Burma is currently the largest hub of organized crime on the planet," stated the latest report, regarding 2024, published annually by the Global Organized Crime Index.

The authorities in Burma destroyed more than $446 million worth of illegal drugs seized from around the country to mark an annual international anti-drug trafficking day on Monday, police said.