Myanmar Democratic Reforms

United States Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Sunday for Washington's first high level talks with her new civilian government, offering fresh support to her country's democratic progress after decades of army rule.

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today called on the West to encourage her country's government to enter meaningful reform talks but told it not to reintroduce punitive sanctions even though democratic reforms were foundering.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has invited military lawmakers to dinner in a bid to build ties ahead of a proposed summit on changing the constitution, which bars her from the Presidency, a senior member of her party said.

US President Barack Obama told Myanmar's rulers its celebrated democratic reforms are backsliding, ahead of a regional summit today designed to showcase the country's transition from army-led isolation.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is warning the leaders of Myanmar that improved relations with the United States will require a significant speed-up in its democratic transition and a halt to what Washington sees as backsliding on commitments to improve human rights.

Myanmar is still recruiting and using child soldiers, despite embracing democratic reforms and a United Nations(UN) agreement to end the practice, a human rights group said on Wednesday.

Myanmar officials on Wednesday announced a prisoner amnesty just days before US President Barack Obama arrives on a visit seen as an endorsement of democratic reforms in the former pariah nation.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is bullish on democratic reform, but she's not so sure about Facebook.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is bullish on democratic reform, but she's not so sure about Facebook.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a landmark visit to a fast-changing Myanmar on Sunday to encourage its government to carry out more democratic reforms and shore-up peace deals with ethnic rebel groups.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that he would visit Myanmar soon to encourage the Southeast Asian nation to press ahead with democratic reforms. "I have accepted an invitation from President Thein Shein to visit Myanmar," Ban told reporters. "I will depart at the end of this week." "We have seen encouraging political and econ...

United States Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Sunday for Washington's first high level talks with her new civilian government, offering fresh support to her country's democratic progress after decades of army rule.

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today called on the West to encourage her country's government to enter meaningful reform talks but told it not to reintroduce punitive sanctions even though democratic reforms were foundering.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has invited military lawmakers to dinner in a bid to build ties ahead of a proposed summit on changing the constitution, which bars her from the Presidency, a senior member of her party said.

US President Barack Obama told Myanmar's rulers its celebrated democratic reforms are backsliding, ahead of a regional summit today designed to showcase the country's transition from army-led isolation.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is warning the leaders of Myanmar that improved relations with the United States will require a significant speed-up in its democratic transition and a halt to what Washington sees as backsliding on commitments to improve human rights.

Myanmar is still recruiting and using child soldiers, despite embracing democratic reforms and a United Nations(UN) agreement to end the practice, a human rights group said on Wednesday.

Myanmar officials on Wednesday announced a prisoner amnesty just days before US President Barack Obama arrives on a visit seen as an endorsement of democratic reforms in the former pariah nation.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is bullish on democratic reform, but she's not so sure about Facebook.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is bullish on democratic reform, but she's not so sure about Facebook.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a landmark visit to a fast-changing Myanmar on Sunday to encourage its government to carry out more democratic reforms and shore-up peace deals with ethnic rebel groups.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that he would visit Myanmar soon to encourage the Southeast Asian nation to press ahead with democratic reforms. "I have accepted an invitation from President Thein Shein to visit Myanmar," Ban told reporters. "I will depart at the end of this week." "We have seen encouraging political and econ...