largely because Burma is the world’s largest exporter of rice. Nevertheless, Ne Win’s “instant socialism” is an unholy economic mess. He has nationalized everything from banks (including ...

Burma had surpassed Afghanistan as the world's primary source of opium and heroin. "As the conflict dynamics in the country remain very intense and global supply chains adapt to the ban imposed by ...

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese ... The longest British and Commonwealth Campaign of World War Two was over.

Why the army has been Burma’s Achilles heel The military has been a curse on the country ever since Burma got its independence ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wars Across the World: Burma 1942 Burma 1942 is the recreation of the Japanese onslaught against Burma in the first months of 1942. Four Japanese ...

If the Burmese drive General Min Aung Hlaing and his brutal military regime from power, as they seem about to do, the first thing they should do afterwards is take a leaf from Costa Rica ...

its commander in Burma now, is a famous U.S. flyer: lean, dark Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault of Water Proof, La. Claire Chennault flew for the U.S. in World War I, was a major when he ...

As defiant protestors continue to take to the streets in Rangoon, the BBC brings you a special programme on Burma. From the Military Coup in the 1960's to the present day protests -why has the ...

Rebel-held territory is ruthlessly bombed by the regime’s air force, but the rebels are starting to hit back with drones.

Shaw Loo’s legacy thrives more than a century and a half later: Students from Burma join almost every Bucknell class and there are now more than 230 international students from all over the world ...