Thousands of Venezuelan and Burmese immigrants just got to apply for temporary protected status. But as congressional Democrats work on a path to citizenship for immigrants who’ve had the status for decades, new grantees could be left out. ... Read more»
During a visit to Southeast Asia, President Obama became the first American president to visit Myanmar, and took the opportunity to meet longtime opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi.... Read more»
In a speech at Washington, D.C.'s Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sen. John McCain advocated suspending — not permanently removing — almost all American sanctions against Myanmar. ... Read more»
As a young man, Myo Myint belonged to a Burmese military unit that—among other atrocities— enslaved, raped and killed a female villager in the span of 24 hours. In the process of disavowing the army, however, he felt its cruelty full bore.... Read more»
How al-Qaeda courted Asians, not Arabs, for 9/11’s would-be sister attack.... Read more»
Myanmar's next president will be an elected member of parliament, ruling out the country's current military chief as a candidate, state media announced Monday.... Read more»
The release of Aung San Suu Kyi means hope for a people who have taken decades of abuse. For almost 50 years, the country has been under the thumb of a junta that has no qualms burning down villages, raping its women, attacking monks and forcing children to dig ditches and carry guns. And yet, despite the length of the country's imprisonment, the people keep fighting.... Read more»
Analysis: Why it isn't necessarily good news that Burma's most famous dissident may be released.... Read more»
Donning black masks and using pseudonyms, hip-hop artists 9KT and MK aim to keep their political tunes under the radar of a dictatorship as oppressive as Myanmar.... Read more»
Asia's most venerated beast, the tiger, is being wiped out by those most obsessed with its folky mystique. Conservationists fear that 2010, the Year of the Tiger, will stir even more interest in the black market for tiger parts.... Read more»
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