Fourteen pro-democracy protesters have gone on trial in Myanmar for demanding the release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on her 63rd birthday, an official said Saturday. More »
Four members of Myanmar's main pro-democracy party who campaigned against a constitution proposed by the military government have been sentenced to jail. More »
Thirty-eight people died when a motorized ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta, state media reported Friday. More »
State media says at least 38 people have died after a motorized ferry sank in a river of Myanmar's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta. More »
More than 80 women and child victims of Myanmar's recent cyclone have been rescued from human traffickers who were scheming to smuggle them to neighboring countries, a media report said Thursday. More »
The cyclone that devastated Myanmar's heartland has also roiled a political landscape dominated by the military for more than four decades. More »
Two separate appeals were launched Monday for the release of political prisoners in Myanmar _ for some pro-democracy demonstrators held for almost two weeks and for an elderly journalist entering his 20th year in detention. More »
Police in Myanmar arrested a woman protester on Wednesday who was calling for the release of political prisoners, including detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. More »
Myanmar said Tuesday that 84,500 people perished in last month's cyclone, up from the last official announcement that 77,700 had died in the devastating storm. More »