The U.S. ambassador to Burma says there is excellent momentum in the relationship between the United States and Burma, but acknowledged there are enormous challenges ahead. Derek Mitchell told VOA that his new appointment demonstrates Washington's co...
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is calling for India and China to apply pressure on the Burmese government to release 26 imprisoned parliamentarians. The Inter-Parliamentary Union says India and China should follow the example of Venezuela and Brazil,...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again urged Burma's military government to release all political detainees after only a token number of political prisoners were freed during a general amnesty that began Saturday. The U.N. chief also says he i...
Naval ships from Bangladesh and Burma are facing off in the Bay of Bengal, after a row erupted between the neighbors about oil and gas exploration in the area. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, Bangladesh is sending a senior diplomat to Bur...
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has criticized Burma's military government for being out of step with its southeast Asian neighbors on rule of law, human rights, and democracy. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Singapore Rice spoke to ministe...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 June 2008 Amnesty International says Burma's military government has been forcibly moving people out of the temporary shelters they moved into after Cyclone Nargis. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, Amnesty also raise doub...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 June 2008 The U.N.'s top human rights official, Louise Arbour, has lashed out at Burmese authorities for obstructing aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis. Arbour called into question Burma's rights record in her final address t...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 01 June 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says more people will die if Burma's military government does not lift restrictions on relief aid soon. Mr. Gates spoke at an Asian security forum in Singapore, part of his tou...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 June 2008 School begins in Burma on Monday. But, few children from the cyclone struck Irrawaddy Delta will be going. The government has delayed the opening for at least one month in the hardest hit places. Lisa Schlein repo...
By Heda Bayron Kuala Lumpur 24 July 2006 Senior officials from ASEAN countries attend a plenary meeting at in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 24, 2006 Burma and North Korea are expected to dominate talks this week as foreign ministers from Southeast As...