Adventurous travel and discovery of rare, beautiful and scientifically unknown plants in the little-known country of Myanmar (also known as Burma) are the cornerstones of a new popular press book, ...

It’s a typically hot, humid August day in Bagan – an ancient town in the heart of Myanmar’s central Mandalay region. Once the capital of the Pagan Empire, today Bagan is an expanse of intricate ...

The depth of Burma’s misery is difficult to fathom. The destruction wrought by Cyclone Nargis—with an unofficial death toll already exceeding 100,000 people—has been compounded by the ruling junta’s ...

Paul Theroux’s “Burma Sahib” is based on the actual experiences of British author George Orwell, who served as a policeman from 1922-27 for the British Colonial Services in Burma, known today as ...

A few weeks ago, I read a fascinating article in The New Yorker by George Packer (The Assassins’ Gate), in which he revealed the near-incomprehensible government corruption that plagues the country of ...

Earlier this month, Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared before the International World Court of Justice in The Hague, calling on it to dismiss an accusation of genocide against her country’s ...