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 ...

More than 3,000 people have now died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which destroyed thousands of buildings and sent the war-torn country into a deeper humanitarian ...

Burma Burma, a Burmese restaurant chain in India, has raised Rs254.6m ($2.94m) in equity funding to expand its presence nationwide. The investment round was led by Negen Capital, with contributions ...

On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my best wishes and support to the people of Burma as you celebrate the ...

RANGOON, Burma - Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in Burma's historic by-election, saying she hoped it would mark the beginning of a new era for the long-repressed country. Suu Kyi spoke to ...

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 ...

A Rohingya child is registered at a temporary shelter in Indonesia in May. There are more than 50 million displaced people in the world today, the most since the end of World War II. Yet few of them ...

An officer from the Ta'ang National Liberation Army stands at attention with his soldiers during a morning gathering in a military camp It was a late night in February when some 50 government soldiers ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On a map, the passage from the Chinese border to the Burmese town of Lashio looks fairly direct. But on the ground, ...

It’s rare to see the United Nation’s top diplomat take the uncomfortable step of telling the Security Council, the world’s most powerful political body, what to do. But, that’s exactly what UN ...