Sen. Webb meets with political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi.
U.S. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) (L) meets with General Thein Sein in Yangon, Myanmar on August 15, 2009. Webb also met with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained for 14 of the past 20 years and was convicted of violating the terms of her house arrest by allowing American John Yettaw to stay at her home for two days. After Sen. Webb's visit, the generals of Myanmar agreed to release Yettaw, who was sentenced to seven years of hard labor. UPI/Sen. Webb's office
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BRUSSELS, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- European Union foreign ministers, recognizing Myanmar's political reforms, agreed to ease travel restrictions on its senior government officials.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Thein Sein, president of Myanmar's military-backed civilian regime, says his country is on the "right track to democracy" from which there is no turning back.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The Myanmar government's recent release of a number of prisoners of conscience is an important step for advancing national reconciliation, a U.N. expert said.
YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., welcomed reform in Myanmar, saying further reform could lead to a review of U.S. sanctions against that country.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama called the news that Myanmar's military-backed civilian regime released several prominent political prisoners a "substantial step" forward.
BANGKOK, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Myanmar says it has signed a truce with ethnic Karen rebels who have been fighting for autonomy since the country gained independence from Britain in 1948.
YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi predicted the country would have democratic elections in her lifetime but didn't say when or whether she would run.
YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Myanmar is set to reduce the sentences for some prisoners, although the exact number remains unknown, as well as whether political prisoners will be included.
