Nov 30 Myanmar’s Pro-democracy Leader Grasping Opportunities, Taking Risks By Larisa Epatko Myanmar's journey from isolation advanced Wednesday with the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and positive words from the country's most well-known face of its pro-democracy movement. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch U.S. Dispatches Secretary Clinton to Myanmar U.S. to Send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Myanmar… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch U.S. Considers Reengaging with Myanmar Following a bloody military coup in 1988, the nation of Myanmar has been largely isolated from the West. Now, for the first time in more than 20 years, signs are emerging that the U.S. may engage in new diplomatic talks… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch U.S. Needs ‘New Formula’ for S.E. Asia, Sen. Webb Says Following Myanmar Visit Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb talks about his unusual mission to reclusive Myanmar to secure the release of an American prisoner, and the other stops on his Asia tour. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Other News: More Troops Sought for Northern Iraq In other news, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, is seeking to send more troops into northern Iraq, and Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia called for a "new approach" to sanctions against Myanmar. Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch Suu Kyi Expected to Appeal Confinement Extension Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to extended home detention through next year's elections. Myanmar analysts mull her future. Continue watching
Aug 11 Myanmar Sentences Suu Kyi to 18 Months A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday to 18 months under house arrest for allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch Other News: Three U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan In other news, the U.S. military announced that three more American soldiers were killed since Saturday in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of American deaths there in the month of August to 18. Continue watching
May 14 With House Arrest Set to Expire, Suu Kyi Faces New Charges By PBS News Hour Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy Myanmar opposition, faces new criminal charges just weeks before her house arrest was supposed to end after an American man swam across a lake to reach her compound, her lawyer said. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch Extent of Myanmar Protest Crackdown Revealed Independent Television News reports on the emergence of new details on the extent and aftermath of a military crackdown on anti-government protests in Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. Continue watching