The Latest Breaking News from Burma

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says sanctions take aim at Russia and Belarus’ support for Myanmar military.

At age 101, Eisaku Yamamoto continues to share his story about the devastation of war from Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, where he lives. He was on the battlefields during World War II fighting for Japan in its campaign in Burma, the Southeast Asian country now officially called Myanmar. He was among…

Just the entrance to a Chettinad mansion can be an exercise in map-spotting with its doors of solid Burma teak, Belgian mirrors, English floral tiles and Italian black marble columns

Mr Smoothy, who also served in Italy and Burma, said he was hoping the passport could be processed in time

My heart breaks as I watch Russian planes bombing civilian homes, displacing millions of refugees and committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Four thousand miles away from Ukraine, in my home country of Myanmar (also known as Burma), Russia has been complicit for decades in the violence of the Burmese…

Enveloped in a cocoon of greens, the Kambalakonda Eco Tourism Park is buzzing with action after a long pandemic-induced gap

One comes away from Burma deeply impressed by two things. The first is the wide gulf which separates Burma from India and the earnestness and universality of the desire for political separation. Not only are the Burmans by race, temperament and religion, quite apart from the rest of the Indian…

On 1 Feb 2021, the dreams of many people in Burma (Myanmar) were shattered overnight. Since then, I, along with everyone else in my country of over 55 million people, have been living in darkness.