In 1989 the English name of the country was changed from Burma to Myanmar by the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC, now called the State Peace and Development Council ...

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... and the power shortages that plague Myanmar give the sudden transition a spooky edge. A decaying colonial-era ...

We have created maps to show where these ... oil and gas in a designated geographic area known as a block. These blocks may be on land (“onshore”) or in Burma’s coastal waters (“offshore ...

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese victories of 1941, to the desperate battles for the Indian towns of Kohima and Imphal. Then follow the course of the Allies as ...