In 1989 the English name of the country was changed from Burma to Myanmar by the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC, now called the State Peace and Development Council ...

In the early days of World War II, the Japanese army invaded Burma (now Myanmar) and forced an end to British colonial rule there. Occupying Burma required troops and massive amounts of materiel ...

China has swung its support more fully behind Myanmar's junta as data show it widening airstrikes that have also killed ...

American photojournalist Greg Constantine’s ‘Ek Khaale’ project assembles old photos and documents to reclaim the Rohingya ...

The new state of the Union of Burma which was established early in 1948 is professedly founded upon two basic concepts - socialism and democracy. The constitution provides for all the fundamental ...

The remains of a 27-year-old officer who fought in Burma during World War II as a member of the famed Merrill’s Marauders outfit have been identified and returned to family members in Minnesota ...

Russian forces have made gains towards the Donetsk city, but Ukrainian troops are fighting back, the Institute for the Study ...

World War II was exactly as it was billed, fought all over the world. World War II movies, of which there are many, are set ...

After leaving Burma, Garza served time in China and Kolkata — formerly Calcutta — before returning to the United States. Garza, who also had two brothers fighting in World War II, was awarded ...

Contractors looking for unexploded ordnance earlier found two suspected World War-II era bombs on Miyakojima, a popular ...

100-player battles across nine different maps and two separate game modes let you take one of 14 unique roles to revel in the ultimate WW2 experience. No two matches are ever the same either ...

The gap between Burma and the United States yawns. We therefore need a road map for navigating between the Scylla of human rights and Charybdis of realpolitik. The original Burma Road overcame ...