Outside polling stations guarded by armed police, an upbeat music video urging people to take part in the election plays on ...

On Wednesday morning, poetry and song became more than performances. They became a bridge between the two neighboring nations ...

With only parties vetted by the military allowed to contest Myanmar’s first election in five years, Sara Perria speaks to ...

The voice of a 19-year-old female head of household who fled Myanmar’s civil war filled the stage of *Miss Trot 4*. Wanyeehwa ...

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David Bowie’s bedroom could soon be London’s newest tourist attraction. The house where the musician grew from suburban schoolboy to rock ‘n’ roll starman has been bought by a charity that plans to ...

Myanmar’s crucial elections, held under military rule amid civil war, are being widely criticised as a sham. With Aung San Suu Kyi jailed and her party banned, the polls are seen as an attempt to ...

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NEW YORK, December 12, 2003 — High points from Asia Society's evening of traditional Burmese music and dance performances, featuring the Hsaing Waing Ensemble. (5 min., 43 sec.) ...

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy ...