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President Biden announced sanctions on Myanmar military officials over their involvement in the recent coup. The president again called on the military to immediately release the Democratic …

Senate Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) during floor remarks said he would vote against Alejandro Mayorkas to be homeland security secretary. He also talked about the military taking over in…

Vice President Pence told Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi during a bilateral meeting in Singapore that violence against Rohingya Muslims was “without excuse.” Suu Kyi replied: “We understand our …

Heather Nauert answered reporters' questions on a range of diplomatic and international issues confronting the Trump administration. Simon Henshaw began the briefing by speaking about his tr…

Three State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development officials testified at a hearing on U.S.-Myanmar relations, with a focus on the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in that nati…

Officials from two U.N. humanitarian offices and the International Organization for Migration announced a $340 million commitment to help the more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who h…

State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert held a press briefing on a wide range of topics, including Myanmar (Burma), Iraq, Afghanistan, and the recent U.N. Security Council vote preventi…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the Rohingya refugees who have fled from Myanmar (Burma) to Bangladesh. According to reports, a half-million Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s…

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivered an address on reports of violence toward ethnic Muslims which led to a mass exodus to neighboring Bangladesh. She addressed the growing in…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson held a joint news conference in London following their meetings. They updated reporters on their Hurricane Irma e…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he still stood by his support of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi in the wake of ethnic violence there, saying she’s the country’s best hope and sh…

President Obama and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar delivered remarks after a bilateral meeting at the White House.

Matt Dillon talked about his trip to Myanmar, formerly called Burma, and the plight of the ethnic Muslim community living there. He spoke primarily about the Rohingya ethnic Muslim minority …

Deputy State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of international topics, including recent elections in Burma (Myanmar) and eff…

Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of her leadership and steadfast commitment to human rights and for promoting freedom, peace and democracy in her home count…

National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon previewed President Obama’s trip to Southeast Asia that included stops in Burma and Cambodia, where he was to attend a conference with Chinese and Ru…

Aung San Suu Kyi spoke about U.S.-Myanmar (Burma) relations, and she received the Asia Society’s Global Vision Award. She said that many obstacles remain in her country’s path to democracy a…

Peter Popham talked about his biography of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, the longtime opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize-recipient who spent 15 years under house arrest. She was finally all…

After serving nearly two decades under house arrest, Burma’s (Myanmar) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed a joint session of British Parliament gathered in Westminster Hall. She…