Kachin peace talks postponed until late April

MYITKYINA, Myanmar -- Freshly dumped hypodermic syringes litter alleys, cemeteries and shaded corners in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, on Myanmar's northern border with China.Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest ...

Children walk past giant statues of monks at a pagoda in the town of Myitkyina, in Kachin province, in May 2012. Two Buddhists have been arrested after Muslim shops were destroyed in northern Kachin State, police said Saturday, in a new outbreak of ...

Kachin villagers at a peace march in Myitkyina, Myanmar, last month. Photo: The New York Times 26 min 6 sec ago MYITKYINA (Myanmar) — When residents of the northernmost region of Myanmar talk about the tremendous changes of the past two years, ...

A 1943 cutline from the Newton Daily News reads "Jesse Beard, a farmer living near Colfax, is shown bidding goodbye to his 18-year-old son, Robert -- the fifth to enter the armed services." Robert was the youngest Beard brother to serve, as the ...

The grey Honda Civic would not have raised eyebrows anywhere, but Bangkok's Metropolitan Police had a tip and were looking out for it. They stopped it on the night of April 29, searched it and found 230,000 methamphetamine pills. The shipment was ...

Yangon (Eleven Media/ANN) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said it's still early for the National League for Democracy (NLD) to discuss the formation of a coalition government, according to last week's broadcast from Radio Free Asia ...

According to one NLD party elder, the leading figures in the party gave same careful thought as to the pros and cons of going to a daily newspaper.At least one negative was obvious, Win Tin says. A newspaper supported and controlled by a government ...

Yangon (Eleven Media/ANN) - A total of 93 prisoners, including three foreigners, were granted amnesty by Myanmar President Thein Sein on April 23, one day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the country. The prisoners were released in ...

Burmese authorities released more than 90 prisoners Tuesday, including nearly 60 identified by a rights group as political prisoners, in a new show of amnesty by President Thein Sein's reformist government. A total of 93 people were released from ...