Myanmar, also known as Burma, has freed nearly 7,000 prisoners, including 155 Chinese nationals who last week were sentenced to life in prison for illegal logging.
China on Thursday criticized long prison sentences in Myanmar given to more than 150 Chinese nationals convicted of illegal logging. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from our Southeast Asia bureau in Bangkok.
Myanmar has sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison for illegal logging in northern Kachin State.
Myanmar's main opposition National League for Democracy is reaching out to other activists to bolster its position ahead of elections later this year.
The remote mountains of Myanmar’s Shan state are home to the second-largest opium-producing region in the world. But farmers are now making less on the crop, and the U.N. is hoping many will make the switch to growing coffee. Daniel de Carteret reports for VOA from Taunggyi.
An aide to Myanmar President Thein Sein says his boss will not run in parliamentary elections later this year.
Myanmar's plan to issue new identity cards in troubled Rakhine state has fallen well short, with only 1,600 Rohingya applying for the so-called green cards.
Hundreds of workers demonstrated in Myanmar Sunday demanding the government approve a higher minimum wage.
Myanmar's main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has announced it will contest the general election on 8 November.
The trial of two migrant workers from Myanmar, accused of killing two British tourists on a resort island in Thailand continued on Thursday.
Myanmar has started a campaign to recruit 40,000 temporary workers to help police provide security for elections scheduled for November.
Myanmar has announced that the country's long-awaited national election will be held on November 8.
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