Myanmar

Myanmar's president wants ex-governor back to head central bank

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YANGON - President Thein Sein has proposed that a former head of the central bank of Myanmar be brought back as governor as part of reforms that will make it independent from the Ministry of Finance, a source at the president's office said on Monday.

Myanmar to get more profit from controversial Chinese-backed mine

YANGON, July 26 - Myanmar has signed a revised contract that increases its share of the profits from a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine, the country's largest, officials said.

Basic Materials, 26 Jul 2013

Afghan, Myanmar women win Magsaysay awards for work amid conflict

MANILA - Afghanistan's first woman governor and a Myanmar civil society organizer, who both helped families displaced by conflict in their home nations, are among five winners of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize this year.

Lifestyle, Afghanistan 24 Jul 2013

Afghan, Myanmar women win Magsaysay awards for work amid conflict

MANILA - Afghanistan's first woman governor and a Myanmar civil society organizer, who both helped families displaced by conflict in their home nations, are among five winners of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize this year.

World, Afghanistan, 24 Jul 2013

Myanmar frees 73 political prisoners: government committee member

YANGON - Myanmar's government is releasing another 73 political prisoners and more could be freed in coming months to honor a commitment made by the president during a recent trip to Europe, a member of a government body looking into the process said on Tuesday.

World, 23 Jul 2013

Radical Myanmar Buddhist monk unhurt in bomb blast

YANGON - A bomb exploded meters away from a radical Buddhist monk as he delivered a mass sermon in Myanmar, police said on Monday, the latest flare-up in tensions pitting Buddhists against minority Muslims.

World, 22 Jul 2013

Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling

BANGKOK - Thailand's navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

World, Thailand, 19 Jul 2013

Myanmar president says not preparing himself for 2015 election

PARIS - Myanmar President Thein Sein is not preparing himself at the moment to contest the 2015 presidential election and has "no objections" to Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi running, he said in an interview aired on Friday.

World, 19 Jul 2013

Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling

BANGKOK - Thailand's navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and dire living conditions in Myanmar.

World, Thailand, 19 Jul 2013

France urges Myanmar leader to investigate anti-Muslim violence

PARIS - French President Francois Hollande pressed Myanmar's president on Wednesday to investigate violence against the country's Muslim minority in depth, and said a pledge to release political prisoners must be followed by action.

World, 17 Jul 2013

Images from Myanmar

A patient from Myanmar looks through the window of the Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot, in northwest Thailand October 13, 2010.  REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

An uncertain fate

Myanmar's long standing political crisis has forced millions of refugees across the border.  Slideshow