As Burma continues to fragment,” said USCIRF Vice Chair Soloveichik, “vulnerable religious communities are further exposed to ...

The new state of the Union of Burma which was established early in 1948 is professedly founded upon two basic concepts - socialism and democracy. The constitution provides for all the fundamental ...

Rebel-held territory is ruthlessly bombed by the regime’s air force, but the rebels are starting to hit back with drones.

Since 1991, Bangladesh has been the main country of refuge for members of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Burma's Arakan State, many thousands of whom have fled gross human rights violations ...

In the most Buddhist of Buddhist nations, he early won the support of Burma’s 50,000 Buddhist monks ... against his promise to make Buddhism the state religion, he gently reminded them that ...

New technical and agricultural schools. State scholarships for advanced study abroad. Teacher training. Mass education program for adults. Burma Translation Society book projects. HEALTH ...

After Burma became independent in January 1948 ... and sought to achieve this through negotiation with the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in Rangoon.

If the Burmese drive General Min Aung Hlaing and his brutal military regime from power, as they seem about to do, the first ...