A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Burma on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. The death toll is expected to rise, but the earthquake hit a ...

The following script is from "The New Burma" which aired on October 25, 2015. Bill Whitaker is the correspondent. Rachael Morehouse and Henry Schuster, producers. A turning point is about to take ...

KAYIN, Burma – With the world’s attention fixed on the horribly violent persecution of Burma's Rohingya Muslims, Christians are also suffering from a less visible but also brutal mistreatment and ...

Burmese Buddhist monks protest against an influx of Rohingya migrants by boat. EPA/Nyunt Win The very word “Burma” was once shorthand for a brutal military dictatorship, but things have now changed ...

The dollhouse-sized replica of Insein Prison, Burma’s most infamous correctional facility, is painted red and white and covered in paper labels: “Main Gate,” “Hospital,” “Woman Ward.” Between the ...

(Bangkok) – President Thein Sein of Burma should refuse to sign into law two pieces of legislation that violate fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 21, 2015, the joint ...

Central executive committee member of Burma's National League for Democracy Htin Kyaw arrives for the opening of the new parliament in Naypyitaw, Burma, on Feb. 1, 2016 On Nov. 13, 2010, just days ...

THIS year Buddhists who believe that 1956 is the 2500th anniversary of Buddha’s death are celebrating it, the group including those from India, Nepal, Burma, China, Japan, and two Himalayan ...