Sagaing Division
(2002 pop. est. 5.6 million). The Sagaing Division is the largest of the modern political divisions in Myanmar (Burma). It has an area of 94,622 square kilometers, and is situated bet...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's prime minister, General Soe Win, arrived
back in his home country Thursday after a long hospitalization in
Singapore.
He was taken to...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's Prime Minister Soe Win will retire "very
soon" due to poor health, a well-placed government source said
Wednesday.
Myanmar's Informa...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD)
opposition party on Monday called on the ruling junta to immediately
release its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who w...
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Yangon (dpa) - General Soe Win, the Prime Minister of Myanmar and
former Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),
as the junta styles itself, died Oct...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Almost 60 former world leaders and heads of state
on Tuesday issued a letter to Myanmar's junta leader urging him to
immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi, wh...
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