President Obama to Visit Myanmar

WASHINGTON — President Obama will make Asia his first overseas destination since his re-election, with a trip this month that is to include a historic visit to Myanmar and underscore his desire to reorient American foreign policy more toward the Pacific during his second term. The White House announced on Thursday that the newly re-elected […]

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Qatar Airways to Resume Doha-Yangon-Doha Flights

Union Minister for Transports U Nyan Htun Aung received the delagtion from Qatar Airways led by Vice President East Asia & South West Pacific, Senior Vice President Mr. Robert Yang and Mr. Joegendra Charles Rajadurai, Manager responsible for Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand yesterday(May 9) at the Minsister’s office in Naypyitaw. The two parties discussed matters […]

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Water Festival (1) by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Poets who have known the disturbing beauty of spring in temperate lands write about the month of April with a quivering nostalgia, fascinated, and perhaps a little frightened, by its uncertain glory. April in tropical Burma is of a totally different order from “… the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, stirring […]

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