Painful illness claimed Soe Win's life. He was Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win died on Friday in a military hospital at the age of 59.

Opium production in Myanmar has leapt this year, with cultivation up 29% to 27,700 hectares, the UN drugs control chief said Thursday.

Long-standing human rights concerns in Myanmar, Amnesty International believes that it would be a positive contribution to the UN's consideration of Myanmar, if the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, were to visit the country.

Japan, Myanmar's biggest aid donor, is considering cutting back its donations to protest the death of a Japanese journalist during pro-democracy demonstrations in Yangon, the foreign minister said Wednesday.

A U.N. envoy met with Myanmar's military leader Tuesday in a bid to end the country's political crisis, as the junta's foreign minister defended a deadly crackdown on democracy advocates that provoked global revulsion.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda ruled out immediate sanctions against Myanmar Friday, reported Kyodo News. Government officials also called for an investigation into the death of a Japanese video journalist who was shot dead while filming the ongoing Myanmar protests.

The UN Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution on Myanmar, after China and Russia blocked international calls for sanctions against the country wrapped in anti-government protests.

Momentum builds in Myanmar, as reports say that Military may be preparing to use force.

China ruled out Tuesday getting involved in events in neighboring Myanmar, where the military junta has threatened to take action against a growing wave of pro-democracy protests led by Buddhist monks.

The World wants to restraint from the Myanmar authorities, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should take her place as elected leader, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Tuesday.

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the arrests of democracy activists in Burma/Myanmar

Three offshore natural gasfields in Myanmar hold the largest reserves to be discovered in that country, South Korea's firm Daewoo International said today, August 23.