Several economic factors may slow Myanmar's emergence as a viable investment opportunity. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
Could this be the dawn of a new Myanmar? CNN's Paula Hancocks follows the country's fight for democracy.
The election of Aung San Suu Kyi to Myanmar's parliament caps a remarkable turn around for the pro-democracy campaigner, who was kept under house arrest for a total of 15 years by the country's military junta.
An activist monk detained by Myanmar authorities Friday was freed hours later after being questioned at a military base in Yangon, a fellow monk said Saturday.
Free at last, Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns in Myanmar. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
The pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday visited a monastery in Yangon, Myanmar, that is providing shelter to more than 1,000 people left homeless by a deadly explosion that struck a warehouse compound in a residential neighborhood of the city a day earlier.
An explosion early Thursday rocked a neighborhood in the city of Yangon killing 20 people and injuring more than 95, Myanmar's state-run television MR TV reported.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday made her first political trip outside the main city since her release from house arrest last year.
The Australian editor of a Myanmar newspaper was arrested last week from his home in Yangon, a friend of the editor said Monday.
Word started leaking out Tuesday about the results of Myanmar's controversial weekend elections, though the country's military regime had yet to announce any numbers.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is to be taken to a prison courtroom in Myanmar Thursday after an American was arrested for allegedly sneaking into the home where she is under house arrest, a spokesman for her political party said.
A U.S. Embassy official in Myanmar met Wednesday with a detained American suspected of sneaking into the home of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate under house arrest by the government.
About 20 police officers entered the tightly guarded home of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, a day after authorities detained an American swimming away from the property across a lake.
An explosion rattled Myanmar's main city, Yangon, on Thursday morning, the eve of the one-year anniversary of a junta crackdown on anti-government protesters, police said.
Members of the Burmese community in Britain show their support for protesters in Myanmar. ITN's Nina Nannar reports.
Soldiers reportedly fired into crowds and beat Buddhist monks Thursday, and state media said nine people were killed as Myanmar's military rulers continued its crackdown on anti-government demonstrations.
A CNN reporter in Myanmar visits a village still waiting for help three weeks after the storm.
Analysis: A TIME writer, just expelled from Burma, explains how anger and foreign aid could help unhinge the ruling junta
There's a surreal sense of order in Burma's new capital, which is far removed from the rest of the devastated country
Two weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, the country's reclusive junta leader Than Shwe visited a refugee camp outside Yangon, according to video broadcast on state television.
Villagers in Myanmar struggle to begin recovery efforts following a cyclone that tore through the region.
As the government's own aid efforts fall short, the Buddhist monks are joining other private citizens in taking up the slack
Burma's junta warned Thursday that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid in the wake of this month's devastating cyclone
Another powerful storm headed toward Burma's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned on Wednesday of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated 2 million survivors
As aid groups struggled to distribute supplies to cyclone victims despite government obstacles, Myanmar TV was broadcasting messages urging people to vote "yes" in a referendum that critics say would strengthen the military rule.
Government officials, all but absent since cyclone Nargis killed tens of thousands across Burma, pressed ahead with a referendum Saturday in villages still reeling from the disaster
Burmese have no time to grieve as they try to salvage their lives after cyclone Nargis
Eyewitness reports on the devastation and suffering left in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar trickled out Wednesday by way of Web sites and blogs.
CNN's Dan Rivers travels to Bogalay, Myanmar for a first-hand account of the devastation in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.
The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported
Burma officials said on Tuesday the death toll could continue to climb higher than the 14,000 already feared dead from the Southeast Asian nation's devastating cyclone as the international community prepared to rush in aid
Residents in this sprawling river delta city hacked their way through downed trees and trudged through knee-deep swirling brown waters Monday as they tried to pick up the pieces of their lives after a deadly cyclone ravaged the southeast Asian country over the weekend.
CNN's Owen Thomas speaks with Aung Zaw of Irrawaddy Magazine a dissident magazine, about the storm in Myanmar.
Almost 4,000 people have died and another 3,000 remain missing in Burma as a result of this weekend's devastating cyclone, state media reported
Two bombs exploded Sunday in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, a Western diplomatic source said.
In a cynical nod to reform, the military junta announces a plebiscite and parliamentary elections. But the not-so-fine print promises no real freedom
On the surface, Yangon appears almost normal since most of the military's activities now take place under cover of a nighttime curfew away from the cameras. But what is normal -- and what happens beyond normal?
Hundreds of villagers living on the outskirts of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, marched in support of the country's military junta Saturday after being threatened with steep fines if they did not, a political activist leader hiding in Yangon told CNN by phone.
Residents say many of the clerics who led Rangoon's protests remain imprisoned while others have fled the city
Hundreds of political prisoners locked in a Myanmar police compound are facing squalid living conditions following a massive government crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations staged in late September, a political activist leader hiding in Yangon told CNN by phone.
Fearing arrest, scores of monks are reportedly trying to escape Myanmar's main city. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari left Myanmar Tuesday after talks with the country's junta chief and pro-democracy leader aimed at ending a brutal crackdown on widespread protests.
A U.N. envoy remained tightlipped Wednesday about his meetings with Myanmar's junta chief and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, a highly watched mission that followed the regime's deadly crackdown on democracy protesters.
Myanmar's foreign minister U Nyan Win on Monday blamed intense pro-democracy demonstrations in his country on "political opportunists" and declared that "normalcy has now returned to Myanmar."
Talks between U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari and Myanmar's secretive military leader were stalled for another day on Monday.
CNN's John Vause reports on the latest on the protests inside Myanmar.
CNN's Dan Rivers reports on one man's remarkable escape from Myanmar.
Last week's crackdown on Burmese protesters made headlines. But the nation's military junta remains a mystery
United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari met Sunday with Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an effort to quell recent tensions between the country's military leaders and protesters, the U.N. confirmed in a news release.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he believes the death toll in the Myanmar crackdown to be "far greater" than has so far been reported, The Associated Press has said.
Myanmar shooting
updated: Fri Sep 28 2007 17:13:00
CNN's Dan Rivers reports on video that shows the shooting of a protestor in Yangon.
The Internet connection in Myanmar was cut Friday, limiting the free flow of information the nation's citizens were sharing with the world depicting the violent crackdown on monks and other peaceful demonstrators.
The protests have diminished and the monks have been scattered, as the junta lashes out at Burmese civilians
French demonstrations against government repression in Myanmar.
Armed with a laptop, a blogger named Ko Htike has thrust himself into the middle of the violent crackdown against monks and other peaceful demonstrators in his homeland of Myanmar.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is to send a special envoy to Myanmar amid reports of several deaths in clashes between security forces and thousands of protesters led by Buddhist monks.
The scene on the streets of Burma's capital was chaotic as security forces cracked down on protesting monks
Aung Zaw of Irrawaddy Magazine joins CNN to discuss growing tensions in Myanmar
I-Reporter Benjamin Valk was on vacation in Myanmar when he shot this video of protesters marching in Yangon.
Pro-government gangs on trucks staked out key streets in Myanmar's largest city on Wednesday, as the country's military rulers sought to crush a rare wave of dissent by pro-democracy activists protesting fuel price increases.
Myanmar's military rulers arrested 13 leading dissidents on Wednesday in a series of midnight raids in Yangon designed to quash protests against rising fuel prices and falling living standards.
We received thousands of e-mails in the days after December's tsunamis from people seeking news of friends and relatives in areas affected by the disaster.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging southeast Asian nations to pressure Myanmar to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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