Obama Burma

Burma's Nyan Win Visits Washington, Signals Softening Of U.S. Policy

washingtonpost.com | John Pomfret | Posted 11.23.2009 | World


For the first time in nine years, the United States allowed Burma's foreign minister to come to Washington, a sign of softening U.S. policy toward the...

Obama, Burmese Monks Call For Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


Hanna Ingber Win

Burmese monks talk to HuffPost about Suu Kyi's arrest, repression in Burma and the state of the democracy movement about a year and a half after the Saffron Revolution.

Washington Post: Is It Time For U.S. To Reach Out To Burma's Junta?

washingtonpost.com | Posted 03.22.2009 | World


PRESIDENT OBAMA'S inaugural address made the world's tyrants a proposition. "We will extend a hand," Mr. Obama said, "if you are willing to unclench y...