Myanmar rubber farmers and producers battered by months of low prices are enjoying some respite following a recovery in global markets last year. With weak local demand Myanmar’s rubber industry is at the mercy of world markets, and low prices throughout 2015 and much of 2016 led many of the coun...

BANGKOK — Despite Burma’s political opening in recent years, most of the roughly 130,000 Burmese refugees in Thailand are not expecting to return any time soon. A first-of-its kind U.N. survey of refugees indicates that many remain wary of heading back across the border. A pilot socioeconomic sur...

National League for Democracy (NLD) Chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to join with her in pushing for constitutional amendments. Speaking at Suu Kyi’s lakeside home in Rangoon on 9 May, the Burmese opposition leader addressed a delegation of KNU representatives...