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A security official in Myanmar says a mortar round left over from World War II has exploded accidentally in the country's second city, killing a 12-year-old boy and two other people.
Euphoric seas of supporters waved opposition party flags and offered yellow garlands. They lined crumbling roads for miles and climbed atop trees, cars and roofs as Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at impromptu rallies. Some cried as her convoy passed.
Few convicts leave prison with their heads held high. Political detainees, like the several hundred released Friday under a presidential pardon in Myanmar, are a different matter. Unrepentant for the most part, they often leave jail toughened, if not energized.
A U.S. senator who is a leading supporter of Myanmar's democracy movement said Monday he is impressed with the new government's reforms but more needs to be done.
Britain's foreign secretary urged Myanmar to push its democratic reforms and release all political prisoners as he began a historic trip Thursday to a country that has recently emerged from a pariah status in the West.
Myanmar's main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government.
Myanmar's military government, a target of sharp international criticism for failing to hand over power to a democratically elected government, announced Saturday that it will hold elections in 2010.
A U.N. human rights envoy on Monday visited a notorious Myanmar prison for political detainees and a Buddhist monastery earlier raided by troops as part of a probe into how many people were killed or detained in a government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
A U.N. human rights envoy entered Myanmar for the first time in four years Sunday on a mission to uncover how many people were killed and detained since September's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi received rare front-page billing Saturday in Myanmar's state-controlled press, which said the ruling military junta was "putting energy" into democratic reforms demanded by the international community.
Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi met leaders of her opposition party for the first time in more than three years, telling them Friday that she believes Myanmar's military rulers intend to work toward democracy after decades of repression.
Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Friday with members of her opposition party — their first direct contact in more than three years.
Trading goodwill gestures, Myanmar's junta agreed to let detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet with members of her party Friday for the first time in more than three years, while she said she was prepared for a dialogue with the country's military rulers.
Hundreds of supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi called for her release during a rally Sunday, as pro-democracy activists urged Myanmar's military regime to honor the 1990 election that the Nobel laureate's party won in a landslide.
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