Reports that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra held talks with Myanmar's ethnic rebel groups in Chiang Mai last month are causing an innumerable number of jaws to drop. Lest we forget ...

YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar has designated a new protected forest area in Homalin township of the northwestern Sagaing Region, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Saturday. The Ministry of ...

When he became Myanmar's leader five years ago Thein Sein was dismissed as a junta (military government) puppet - but as he prepares to hand power to Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, the quiet ex ...