Myanmar fisherman goes home after 22 years as a slave
By MARGIE MASON All he did was ask to go home. The last time the Burmese slave made the same request, he was beaten almost to death. But after being…
By MARGIE MASON All he did was ask to go home. The last time the Burmese slave made the same request, he was beaten almost to death. But after being…
By The Associated Press Fighting between Myanmar troops and ethnic Kokang rebels near the Chinese border has left more than 130 dead since the clashes started Feb. 9. The government…
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama mounted a warm show of support Friday for Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, voicing opposition to a constitutional rule that’s preventing the…
By AYE AYE WIN Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, meets Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala at his residence in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, June 13, 2014. A parliamentary…
By AYE AYE WIN Myanmar Buddhist Monks carry religious flags as they march to protest against the upcoming visit of a delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to Myanmar…
By THANYARAT DOKSONE and GRANT PECK In this Sept. 26, 2013 photo, Johnny, left, and his twin brother Luther Htoo pose for photos after their reunion at a restaurant in…
By ROBIN MCDOWELL In this photo taken on Oct. 13, 2013, a Myanmar police officer, front left, talks with an army officer as they examine the scene of a small…
By KHIN MAUNG WIN Totally blackened pillars stand among debris of a burnt building Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Thandwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Terrified Muslim families hid in forests…