Burma has set a date of April 1 2012, for by-elections that could see pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi enter Parliament.
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/ 29 December 2011
An explosion at a warehouse in Burma’s biggest city has killed at least 17 people and injured dozens — but was not caused by a bomb, officials say.
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is due to visit Burma’s Parliament for the first time to meet with the powerful lower house speaker.
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/ 15 December 2011
Opium cultivation is back on the rise in Myanmar and Laos, with impoverished farmers lured by higher prices, according to a United Nations report.
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/ 8 December 2011
The number of journalists that have been arrested in the world has hit a 15-year high, with independent journalists bearing the brunt of this.
Just hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left Burma last week, property prices began to soar.
Burma’s President Thein Sein has signed a bill that will allow citizens to protest peacefully once they have gained permission for their protest.
The US secretary of state reiterates call for Burmese regime to end repression during an historic meeting with Burmese opposition leader.
Aung San Suu Kyi has voiced guarded hope that democracy will come to Burma as the opposition leader welcomed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has offered Burma the first rewards for reform, saying the US would back more aid for the reclusive country.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition began its formal return to mainstream Burmese politics as it applied to re-register as a political party.
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/ 25 November 2011
The country’s generals are showing tentative signs of reform after decades in the wilderness.
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi plans to run in upcoming by-elections — days after her party decided to rejoin the official political arena.
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/ 20 November 2011
As the pace of the "Burmese Spring" accelerates, release of political prisoners will be crucial to lifting EU and US sanctions.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has welcomed the Association of South East Asian Nations’ expected endorsement of Burma’s bid to chair the regional bloc.
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/ 7 November 2011
Burma has been reinstated to the 2018 World Cup qualification tournament after Fifa after disqualification in July this year for crowd violence.
Burma’s president has approved changes to a law on political parties, paving the way for Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party to re-register.
An <em>M&G</em> investigation has found Burma’s ambassador to SA, Myint Naung may be a former brigadier general linked to serious human rights abuses.
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/ 19 October 2011
A senior government official says Burma may release more political detainees soon — a week after about 200 prisoners were released.
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/ 14 October 2011
India promised Burma a $500-million credit line to improve infrastructure and praised the steps taken towards democracy the country has made so far.
Burma freed an outspoken critic and a major ethnic rebel as it began releasing 6 300 convicts, but kept some political detainees behind bars.
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/ 11 October 2011
A state-appointed body in Burma has urged officials to release "prisoners of conscience", in a sign the country may soon free political prisoners.
The head of Burma’s repressive state censorship body has called for press freedom in the army-dominated country.
Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi says the people of Burma seeking reconciliation have been inspired by SA’s great men: Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
SA doesn’t always stand up for human rights the way some of its citizens such as Archbishop Tutu do, Burma’s Dawn Aung San Suu Kyi has observed.
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/ 15 September 2011
Burma has lifted bans on prominent news websites, including some run by critics of the army-dominated government.
Aung San Suu Kyi kept a low profile on Tuesday as she visited pagodas on the second day of a countryside visit.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has issued a passionate manifesto for freedom.
For the first time in nearly a decade, Burma democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her birthday in freedom on Sunday.
The move to cut all sentences by one year freed thousands of common criminals but left the majority of political prisoners languishing in jail.
South-east Asian leaders said on Sunday they were considering allowing Burma to chair the 10-member Asean group in 2014.
Burma’s new military-backed government is preparing to grant an amnesty to some prisoners, an official said on Monday.