New satellite imagery shows how Burma’s military is torching villages

Over the past three weeks, Human Rights Watch has identified three villages in Burma’s Rakhine state that have been all but completely burned, presumably by the military. Before-and-after satellite imagery depicts about 430 buildings reduced to ash, along with the tree cover surrounding them. Rakhine state has experienced recent violence stemming from a much-longer conflict between ethnic […]

US lifting sanctions on Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi visits

A U.S. official and congressional aides say that President Barack Obama is set to lift U.S. economic sanctions on Myanmar. Obama is meeting Wednesday with the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Congressional aides say Suu Kyi has requested the removal of the national emergency with respect to Myanmar — the executive order […]

U.S. Sanctions on Myanmar to Stay Until Military’s Influence Is Reduced

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday said Myanmar would have to change its constitution to guarantee civilian power if it is to see the remaining American economic sanctions on the country lifted. Speaking in the country’s capital Naypyitaw after meeting with the country’s foreign minister, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mr. Kerry said the key to lifting the remaining […]

Myanmar and China: Secret Little War (Pt. 1)

With this series, we will look at the history of Myanmar, the country’s little-known conflict with China, and the present/future dynamic that could have a lasting effect on the region.