Myanmar

The decision to punish journalists represents a huge step back in the country's effort to expand press freedom.

"Emotionally, they need the support of wives and children. When morale is good, they are better fighters."

In Burma, Christian rebels fighting the military regime get married en masse

After decades of isolation, limitations and repression of free speech, Myanmar is coming into its own

The country's first census in 30 years is being faulted for not counting Rohingyas, a persecuted minority

Since nightclubs are off limits and day parties have been banned, hipsters find a third way to let loose.

Ismail Razali pushed hard for a meeting with the head of Burma's military government. The U.N. secretary-general's special envoy hoped to restart talks between the regime and Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader released in May from house arrest after months of intense diplomacy.