Myanmar

The plateau of Myanmar’s Shan State, the second-largest opium producer in the world, is rife with insurgency. But each year tens of thousands of people from around the world attend the Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights during the full moon night at the end of the rainy season.

Rescuers continued their search for victims of a huge mine landslide in northern Myanmar on Nov. 23 as the toll passed 100 in a disaster highlighting the perils of the country's secretive billion-dollar jade trade.

At least 90 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern Myanmar, officials said Nov. 22, as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest disasters to strike the country's shadowy jade industry.

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Myanmar's military-backed government vowed on Nov. 11 to respect the country's election result despite staring at a poll wipeout, as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for talks with the president and the powerful army chief.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party is on the brink of a majority after it took over 85 percent of the seats declared so far.  

Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi made it clear on Nov. 10 that she was ready to defy the powerful military's attempts to clip her wings, as fresh results from Sunday's historic election showed her party heading for a resounding win.

Some 82 migrants in four inflatable boats, in attempt to illegally reach the Greek island of Kos, have been captured by Coast Guard teams on Nov. 8.

The weather conditions and current, along with the high number of boat passengers, have raised risks during the journeys. Despite the risks, some boats and their passengers have survived the journey.

Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party said Nov. 9 it was set to claim over 70 percent of seats following Myanmar's election, a tally that could sweep it to power after decades of military dominance.

There are good generals in Burma - that is, generals who are not too corrupt, not too brutal, and not absolutely determined to maintain military control of the country forever. One such general is Thura Shwe Mann.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hit out on Nov. 1 at "extreme elements" in Myanmar who are sowing hate speech and bigotry towards religious minorities, days before the country votes in landmark elections.