16 hrs ago - An American jailed in Myanmar was placed in solitary confinement after ending a 12-day hunger strike, prompting the U.S. Embassy to request his return to a standard prison cell, an embassy official said Tuesday.
9 days ago - Myanmar's new constitution, adopted last year despite criticism it is undemocratic, cannot be changed before next year's planned elections, the country's state media said in a commentary Sunday.
11 days ago - A jailed U.S. citizen who was on hunger strike for more than a week in military-ruled Myanmar attended his trial Friday looking thin and weak, his lawyer said.
11 days ago - A bomb planted at a fair celebrating the ethnic Karen minority's New Year holiday killed seven people and wounded 11 others, state media reported Friday.