Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar Muslims pictured in this photo.—File Photo MEIKHTILA, Myanmar: A court in Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to terms ranging from life to two years in prison Tuesday for the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence that is posing a serious challenge to President Thein Sein’s reformist government. While the violence is contained for now, questions are arising over whether minority Muslims can find justice in overwhelmingly Buddhist Myanmar. No Buddhists have yet faced...Read Full Story

By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political reforms. Thein Sein became the first head of Myanmar to visit the White House in 47 years, and he and Obama sat down for talks in the Oval Office. Obama said the Myanmar leader had assured him that he intends to move forward on releasing more political prisoners and...Read Full Story

In this May 15, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington.-AP Photo WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama hailed his Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein’s reform efforts on Monday but warned him that violence against a Muslim ethnic minority group must stop. Welcoming Thein Sein on a first visit to the White House, Obama referred to the country by its official name Myanmar rather than Burma, a symbolic gesture as Washington seeks to encourage...Read Full Story

China is now less than a month away from completing a 2.5 billion dollar pipeline in Burma that will pump oil and natural gas into the so-called Middle Kingdom. State owned China National Petroleum Corporation is heading the project and has been pouring millions into local communities to fund schools, hospitals, and other local development projects. With a combination of aggressive economic projects and donations for local development projects, China may now be able to swing Myanmar into its...Read Full Story

China is now less than a month away from completing a 2.5 billion dollar pipeline in Burma that will pump oil and natural gas into the so-called Middle Kingdom. State owned China National Petroleum Corporation is heading the project and has been pouring millions into local communities to fund schools, hospitals, and other local development projects. With a combination of aggressive economic projects and donations for local development projects, China may now be able to swing Myanmar into its...Read Full Story