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President Obama defended his trip to Burma, insisting the visit Monday is “not an endorsement” of the long-repressive nation’s leadership, but an acknowledgment that the country is making progress toward reform.

Burma's transition is about to receive its strongest international endorsement yet, as President Obama gets set to become the first U.S. leader to officially travel to the country.

Twenty-four years ago Aung San Suu Kyi left Europe for what was then a military-controlled nation called Burma. She returns Wednesday the icon of Myanmar's democracy movement to a continent eager to hear from her whether the country's recent reforms truly spell the end of its cruel dictatorship....

By entering Burmese politics, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, is increasingly being asked to propose solutions to her country’s woes rather than merely lamenting them.

A powerful earthquake struck northeastern Burma on Thursday night, killing one woman and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok. No tsunami was generated.

Freed democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi addressed her supporters and reporters Sunday in Myanmar.

Burma's military government freed its archrival, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Saturday after her latest term of detention expired.

A Burmese court rejects the latest appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against an extended detention.

An American man imprisoned in Myanmar for sneaking into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi flew out of the country Sunday after a visiting U.S. senator won his release.