YANGON, Myanmar — A home that once belonged to a former United Nations secretary-general, the late U Thant, is being restored and will open as a new museum in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.

Thant Myint-U: The protests show clearly the strength of public opinion against military rule. ... Myanmar’s economy is increasingly tied to China’s, as a provider of primary commodities.

In Thant Myint-U’s telling, there was more to Myanmar’s opening in 2011 than a simple liberal conversion. Thein Sein’s reforms had many interconnected motivations, but the one common denominator was ...

Thant Myint-U, who formerly served in roles at the U.N. and as a government adviser in Myanmar, recalled how the country's long-standing insulation from the outside world has shielded its elite ...

THANT MYINT-U, AUTHOR, “THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF BURMA”: You know, I think on the one hand, the ICJ case has focused a lot of tension inside the country on what happened in the Northern Rakhine ...

A U.S. cargo plane carrying water, mosquito netting and blankets lands in Yangon, Myanmar — nine days after a devastating cyclone struck. Two more shipments are scheduled for Tuesday. The toll ...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed concern Tuesday about suspected military ties between North Korea and Myanmar’s ruling generals, saying they had the potential to destabilize ...

Three days after the quake, there are no U.S. teams on the ground in Myanmar, a stark illustration of how Trump has upended America’s role in disaster response.

The Myanmar embassy in China did not immediately respond to a request for comment. U Myo Thant Pe was appointed ambassador to China in 2019 and stayed in his post after Myanmar’s military took ...

BANGKOK — Former political prisoner Win Tin says he wasn’t surprised that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s visit to Myanmar to plead for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu ...

Author Thant Myint-U discusses whether or not genocide is occurring in Myanmar. Amanpour and Company | Thant Myint-U Discusses Human Rights Abuses in Myanmar | Season 2020 | PBS Skip to Main Content ...