In 1945, after three long years of war, the fight between the Allied forces and Japan over Burma finally ended. Japan was ...

When a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar earlier this year, the ground around them split and buildings nearby ...

Faced with an order that threatened the lives of sick men, their commander led them in a quintessential Australian response.

As Burma heads to historic elections, Bill Whitaker reports on the country's democratic movement and the woman most responsible for it, Aung San Suu Kyi (Original air date: Oct. 25, 2015) The ...

The country many of us knew as Burma, a forgotten backwater for most Americans, is suddenly in play. Long a Chinese acolyte, the military-dominated government last month canceled a huge ...

About two years ago, Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, hoping to weld the neutralist nations into a dynamic third force in international politics, made state visits to India and Burma. His reception here ...

On Nov. 13, 2010, just days after Burma’s military rulers staged a flawed election that gave their proxy party a majority in parliament, Aung San Suu Kyi was freed from house arrest. She had spent the ...

This week, the military upended years of quasi-democratic rule in Myanmar, with soldiers taking control of the country in a carefully orchestrated coup. The military said the seizure of power was ...