Burma is historically dominated by left-wing politics. The very first government, the prime ministers of Burma, and his party are social democratic, thus can be considered centre left. The Communist ...

In his effort to promote negotiations over Viet Nam, U.N. Secretary-General U Thant last week pointed with pride to his native Burma. His homeland, he told newsmen, had been faced with Communist ...

The 1,000-mile frontier between Burma and Communist China runs through some of the world's wildest country. In its southern reaches, the limestone mountains of the Shan States rise to almost ...

Communist rebels battling Myanmar's ruling military junta have taken in nearly 140 elephants, as fighting rages in the jungles and scrubland around the country's second-largest city Mandalay.