Than Shwe

Aung San Suu Kyi is positive about Myanmar's future after meeting the former dictator who detained her for 15 years, an aide said on Saturday following her latest overture to erstwhile enemies before an historic power shift.

Myanmar's reclusive former military dictator, Than Shwe, appears to have surfaced in public for the first time in almost four years in a photograph on Facebook showing him being taught to use an iPad by a young girl.

A freelance photojournalist has been arrested in Myanmar for uploading a satirical post on Facebook mocking the country's powerful military, relatives said today.

A Myanmar Vice President with close ties to the former Junta Chief Than Shwe has become a monk, officials said, in a move that observers believe could strengthen the hand of the country's reformers.

Myanmar's military ruler, General Than Shwe is in Delhi to hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He is on a five-day visit to India and touched down in the Indian capital Monday after a day's halt in Gaya in Bihar to offer prayers at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple.The visit comes at a time when there has been growing criticism by the West ...

Aung San Suu Kyi is positive about Myanmar's future after meeting the former dictator who detained her for 15 years, an aide said on Saturday following her latest overture to erstwhile enemies before an historic power shift.

Myanmar's reclusive former military dictator, Than Shwe, appears to have surfaced in public for the first time in almost four years in a photograph on Facebook showing him being taught to use an iPad by a young girl.

A freelance photojournalist has been arrested in Myanmar for uploading a satirical post on Facebook mocking the country's powerful military, relatives said today.

A Myanmar Vice President with close ties to the former Junta Chief Than Shwe has become a monk, officials said, in a move that observers believe could strengthen the hand of the country's reformers.

Myanmar's military ruler, General Than Shwe is in Delhi to hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He is on a five-day visit to India and touched down in the Indian capital Monday after a day's halt in Gaya in Bihar to offer prayers at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple.The visit comes at a time when there has been growing criticism by the West ...