, South Korea and Myanmar. While economic powerhouses Japan and South Korea are rivals to China, Myanmar and Cambodia are two of Southeast Asia's poorest countries, where China

YANGON, Myanmar -A jailed U.S. citizen who was on hunger strike for more than a week in military-ruled Myanmar attended his trial Friday looking thin and weak, his lawyer

YANGON, Myanmar -Two lawyers for detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have agreed to defend a Myanmar-born American jailed for allegedly planning to incite

merits. North Korean, Myanmar and Somalia also have not signed the 1997 treaty. The veteran Turkish diplomat was elected Wednesday to be director of the 188-nation Organization

." The report said Sri Lanka sees ties with the U.S. "to be on a downward trajectory" and the rift is leading to Colombo's realignment toward Myanmar, China, Iran and Libya.

International. The world's ten most corrupt countries: 1. Somalia 2. Afghanistan 3. Myanmar 4. Sudan 5. Iraq 6. Chad 7. Uzbekistan 8. Turkmenistan 9. Iran 10. Haiti

in Myanmar, where he won the release of an imprisoned American man. He told reporters Wednesday that he wants to impress upon Americans and Southeast Asian leaders that the region

WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama says the conviction of a Myanmar opposition leader is a violation of "the universal principle of human rights." Obama condemned

of the world's worst human rights offenders — military-ruled Myanmar. Myanmar is sure to prove a burden again as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations holds its annual

of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority people fleeing nearby Myanmar's military dictatorship. "It was not her role to comment on the matter," Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat

issues of North Korea's nuclear threat and political repression in Myanmar. Asia's "two devils" will hold center stage at the annual Asian Regional Forum that begins Wednesday

were made to ensure the president and the official head of Myanmar's government, Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, were nowhere near each other. Meaning there was no "Hugo Chavez