Bangkok / Oslo / Yangon / Pyongyang / Rangoon / However / Century / Beijing / /
Company
BBC / Reuters / Chevron / Burma/Myanmar / Total / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Norway / Thailand / North Korea / United Kingdom / China / Somalia / Malaysia / Myanmar / South Africa / France / Japan / Canada / Australia / Philippines / India / Bangladesh / New Zealand / Indonesia / Russia / United States / Burma / Germany / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Diplomatic Relations / Judicial Event / Person Travel / Natural Disaster / Funding / Person Communication and Meetings / Voting Result / Business Partnership / /
Facility
US Embassy / port of Sittwe / Rangoon University / Insein Prison / /
Holiday
Armed Forces Day / /
IndustryTerm
intelligence services / state-owned oil / gas sectors / prior electoral law / food / financial and technical services / travel restrictions / political solution / free media / electoral law / rubber / positive by-product / oil and gas / nuclear technology / even nuclear technology / basic food / oil / mining / oil giant / election law / /
MedicalCondition
AIDS / /
NaturalFeature
Bay of Bengal / /
Organization
National Liberation Army / Burmese government / Non-Aligned Movement / Rangoon University / army / UN Security Council / civil society / Japanese government / Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee / US embassy / Burma Socialist Program Party / Johns Hopkins University / British Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Rangoon and NGO / US State Department / British Foreign Office / United Nations / UN Court / Union Solidarity and Development Association / Chinese government / US government / National League for Democracy (NLD) / Burmese military / OECD / National League for Democracy / European Union / Senate Foreign Relations Committee / Abhisit Vejjajiva / State Peace and Development Council / Union Solidarity and Development Party / UN Human Rights Council / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Tatmadaw / United States Senate / Congress / Japanese Foreign Ministry / Law and Order Restoration Council / Treasury Department’s office of Foreign Asset Control / Burma National Army / International Criminal Court / /
Person
John Yettaw / Nyan Win / Thein Sin / Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro / Ibrahim Gambari / Khun Thurein / Ong Keng Yong / Burton Levin / Pranab Mukherjee / Tin Oo / Kenji Nagai / Obama / Sein Lwin / Mark Canning / Ban Ki-Moon / Ne Win / Aung San / Aung San Suu Kyi / Stephen Blake / Aung Sang Suu Kyi / Tomás Ojea Quintana / Jim Webb / Wen Jiabao / Frank-Walter Steinmeier / Hillary Clinton / Alberto Romulo / Crowley / /
PoliticalEvent
general election / democratic elections / general elections / /
Position
special envoy / General / Ambassador / author / humanitarian aid worker / Secretary-General / spokesperson / Foreign Minister / official development assistance donor / Secretary General / officer / Rangoon-based diplomat / major arms dealer / leader / journalist / photojournalist / Filipino Foreign Minister / Attorney General / diplomat at the time / Prime Minister / Butcher / spokesman / President / head / Secretary of State / court astrologer / advocate / businessmen / senior representative / Chairman / independence leader / diplomat / commander / deputy leader / chair / first leader / Premier / US Ambassador / official / Then-Filipino Foreign Minister / /
ProvinceOrState
California / Aceh / Virginia / Yunnan / /
Region
western Burma / East Asia / South Asia / Southeast Asia / /
The Suffering of Burma/Myanmar INTRODUCTION Burma/Myanmar, 14 a country of about 55 million at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia, is a multiethnic nation with a long history as a state and an empire, though with