Tag: Myanmar
Obama heads for China after cyberspying row
President Barack Obama headed for China Sunday on a trip that will focus on Washington’s often tense relations with the…
Myanmar frees 3,000 prisoners, including ex-military chiefs
Myanmar began releasing more than 3,000 prisoners on “humanitarian” grounds, officials said Tuesday, in the latest large-scale amnesty in the…
Vietnam, Myanmar test patients for Ebola
Vietnam and Myanmar are testing three patients for the deadly Ebola virus after they arrived in the Southeast Asian nations…
Facebook becomes outlet for religious anger in Myanmar
Facebook is coming under scrutiny in Myanmar as an unwitting platform for a rising tide of hate speech following a…
Two Chinese workers kidnapped in Myanmar
Two Chinese men working at a controversial China-backed copper mine in Myanmar have been kidnapped by activists and monks who…
Myanmar pro-democracy campaigner Win Tin dies at 84
The co-founder of Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition and the nation’s longest-serving political prisoner, Win Tin, has died at the age of…