Khin Ohmar, Coordinator of Burma Partnership, explains to Johanna Son of IPS Asia-Pacific her worries about foreign donors rushing into Myanmar in the wake of its reforms. ...

BANGKOK, Aug 27 (IPS Asia-Pacific) – Busy shedding off its reputation as a recluse after decades of self-imposed isolation, Myanmar is playing catch-up with it neighbours and may well become a middle-income nation by 2030, the Asian Development Bank (AsDB) says in a report released this month. ...

BURMA, Apr 3 (Irrawaddy Magazine) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) agreed on Monday to back Burma’s call for the European Union to lift sanctions on the country, a day after a by-election in which Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won a landslide victory. ...