Patrick WinnMarch 23, 2013 12:23

YANGON, Myanmar — In Myanmar, where connection speeds often recall the dark days of dial-up modems, Google's chief had this message for university students: "Don't let the government control the Internet." Eric Schmidt, the tech giant's executive chairman, is in Myanmar this week to sit down with the nation's president, Thein Sein, as well as local businessmen and students. He is the first big name in technology to fly to Myanmar, formerly titled Burma, a poor nation still attempting to transition from an authoritarian police state to a more open society.

Camp fire in Thailand kills more than 30 refugees from Myanmar (Burma)

Freya PetersenMarch 22, 2013 16:26

More than 30 refugees from Myanmar have reportedly died in a fire at a camp in northern Thailand.

Myanmar: Anti-Muslim riots inflame city near Mandalay

Patrick WinnMarch 22, 2013 10:03

YANGON — The images now streaming out of Meikhtila, a town in central Myanmar, are sickening. Bodies are charred nearly beyond recognition and strewn about streets. Quarters of the city are torched so thoroughly that only cement walls and tin roofing stick out from the rubble.

Google's Schmidt calls for free speech as he visits Myanmar

Ellen ConnollyMarch 22, 2013 08:51

Google's chief Eric Schmidt makes rare visit to Myanmar.

Meikhtila: Myanmar town declares state of emergency

Jill LangloisMarch 22, 2013 08:01

Journalists have reported seeing incinerated remains of victims on roadsides and being stopped at knifepoint in order to hand over camera memory cards.

Where Aung San Suu Kyi is a tarnished idol

Patrick WinnMarch 21, 2013 06:01

SAGAING DIVISION, Myanmar — Like so many tea shops and bedrooms across Myanmar, Sandar’s village store is graced with a photo of Aung San Suu Kyi. But the laminated image is no longer tacked above the shopkeeper’s wooden dining table. “I yanked it down last week,” she said. “Before, everyone here loved Mother Suu like the Buddha. But no more.”

8 questions for Charles Kernaghan: What are the world's most dangerous jobs?

David CaseMarch 21, 2013 06:01

BOSTON — Work. Many of us spend most of our waking hours doing it. We seek it out, we need it to pay the rent. And we often whinge about it. But is our daily slog really all that bad? GlobalPost spoke to labor advocate Charles Kernaghan, who knows as much as anyone about exploited workers.

Australia announces military aid for Myanmar during visit by President Thein Sein (VIDEO)

Freya PetersenMarch 18, 2013 07:50

Hosting a historic visit by President Thein Sein of Myanmar, Australian announced Monday that it would be lifting some restrictions on military ties to recognize "critical reforms."

Lex Rieffel and James FoxMarch 12, 2013 06:18

Are aid donors repeating mistakes in Myanmar?

Commentary: How to make aid to the impoverished country more effective.

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Myanmar daily wage laborers work at a construction site in the country's new administrative capital Naypyidaw, on Dec. 3, 2007. The transition in Myanmar that began in 2011 has encouraged more than 100 official aid agencies and internationals non-governmental organizations to pledge aid with the hope of helping make the transition a success. (Khin Maung Win/AFP/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON — The transition in Myanmar that began two years ago — from a military to a quasi-civilian government — is the largest and most encouraging turnaround in the developing world in years.

China parades 'Mekong killers' on television before execution

Benjamin Carlson and Mariya KarimjeeMarch 1, 2013 08:44

HONG KONG — China caused a stir Friday when it aired a state TV broadcast of the lead-up to an execution of four Myanmar men convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors in the Mekong river in 2011.