YANGON, Myanmar, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., arrived in Myanmar Friday to meet with military junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe during the weekend, officials said.

YANGON, Myanmar, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., plans to visit Myanmar to meet with leaders of the military junta while on a tour of Asia, his office said.

YANGON, Myanmar, July 10 (UPI) -- The trial of Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi resumed Friday in Myanmar after being delayed last week by a visit from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

YANGON, Myanmar, July 6 (UPI) -- A "deeply disappointed" U.N. secretary-general left Myanmar saying the military rulers had "lost a unique opportunity" to show they were serious about democracy and elections in 2010.

YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A blogger was sentenced to 20 years in prison for mocking Myanmar dictator Gen. Than Shwe in an online poem, regime opponents say.

LONDON, June 7 (UPI) -- A Myanmar defector says Than Shwe, leader of the country's military junta, personally ordered the massacre of 81 unarmed civilians in 1998.

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, May 29 (UPI) -- Officials in Myanmar have been issuing visas to relief workers, but are not granting workers access to areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis this month, groups say.

YANGON, Myanmar, May 27 (UPI) -- Relief agencies say they are starting to get more personnel into Myanmar nearly a month after a cyclone left some 135,000 people dead or missing.

YANGON, Myanmar, May 23 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon prevailed on Myanmar military leader Gen. Than Shwe Friday to let foreign workers in the country for cyclone relief work.