UN head Ban Ki-moon, who is meeting senior officials and addressing the parliament in Burma, says he feels “optimistic”, but warns of “hard work ahead”. (read the story…)
Japan agrees to write off more than $3.7bn (£2.29bn) of debt to Burma as its president continues his first visit there. (read the story…)
The US eases some financial sanctions against Burma as the international effort to encourage reform gathers pace. (read the story…)
Burma’s president holds his first talks with Karen rebels in an effort to end one of the world’s longest running civil conflicts. (read the story…)
Burma invites the United States and European Union to send observers for its April elections, following an earlier invitation to Asean. (read the story…)
Burma’s government holds peace talks with Kachin rebels, amid moves to end decades of armed ethnic conflict in the country. (read the story…)
Military conflicts between Burma & Thailand have shut the border in the past, but the natural gas supply to Thailand has never been turned off. (get the story…)
The US announces that it will exchange ambassadors with Burma, after a landmark Burmese political prisoner amnesty. (read the story…)
The UK foreign secretary says the momentum for change in Burma is real but warns against relaxing pressure, after talks with Aung San Suu Kyi. (read the story…)
COMMENTARY: Thailand falters as its neighbors rise rapidly
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) – First, it was Cambodia, then Vietnam and Laos. After three decades, Burma has become in the past six months the region's new darling (read more…)
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