MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand – The pastor stood before more than 300 young Burmese refugees gathered for morning prayers in a weathered, jungle church.  “There’s a time for war, and a time for peace.
 DAWEI, Myanmar – Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her first campaign tour for parliament Sunday in Myanmar’s countryside, advancing a bid that shows how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in this long-
BANGKOK – Myanmar has the potential to quickly boost economic growth if the government modernizes the financial sector and makes it easier for companies to trade and invest, the International Monetary Fund says.

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    Myanmar’s president sketched a vision of gradual progress toward democracy for his isolated and authoritarian nation in his first extensive interview with a U.S.
  • Suu Kyi presses for more change, freedom
    Aung San Suu Kyi sat in the living room of the home where she lived under house arrest for so many years and talked about the future. She is now a free citizen, a political star in her country and possibly a future president.
  • Myanmar’s chief asks U.S. to lift sanctions
    Since Thein Sein took office as Myanmar’s president nine months ago, the country’s famous opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from house arrest, political prisoners have been released, and the United States has normalized bilateral
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