In a major diplomatic initiative, India on Friday unveiled $500 million for a host of developmental projects for Myanmar and decided to expand security cooperation with the energy-rich Southeast Asian

A top US official on Monday said there are 'dramatic developments under way' in Myanmar, where the military-backed government has shown increasing signs of political reform.

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Media reports that elusive commander-in-chief of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Paresh Baruah was injured in a military offensive by the Myanmarese junta have been denied by the I

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to meet the country's president for the first time on Friday, an official said, in the latest sign the regime is reaching out to its opponents.

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External affairs minister S.M. Krishna on Monday left for Yangon on the first high-level official visit from India since the civilian government took over in Myanmar.

Myanmar's President Thein Sein arrived in China on Thursday for a visit aimed at improving his impoverished country's commercial ties with its key ally, the world's second-largest economy.

Hundreds of fishermen are still missing in Myanmar several weeks after a fierce storm, while thousands of others have been rescued, authorities said on Monday.

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Myanmar's junta was officially dissolved Wednesday after a swearing-in ceremony for the new government, the latest phase of a transition to democracy that has been widely criticized as a sham.

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A magnitude-6.8 earthquake killed at least 75 people in Northeast Myanmar and one in Thailand, officials said on Friday.

Yangon: A controversial tycoon thought to have close links with Myanmar's junta was stranded on Tuesday in the mountainous far north after his helicopter was forced to land in bad weather, officials s