It’s 75 years since Myanmar – or Burma, as it was – became independent of Britain after a century of colonial rule, so it’s just the time for this exhibition at the British Museum.

Vicky Bowman, who served as the British envoy from 2002 to 2006, was detained Wednesday night and taken to Yangon’s Insein Prison, said a report in Myanmar Now, an online news service.

Myanmar’s military regime has arrested a former British ambassador and her Burmese husband, charging them both with violating immigration law, according to two people with knowledge of their ...

Vicky Bowman served as British ambassador from 2002 to 2006 and is now the director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business. Her husband, Htein Lin, is a prominent artist and former ...

British police are investigating Myanmar's former ambassador for trespassing on a diplomatic residence in London. Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market ...

The British legal system is being used to deliver a blow to democracy in Myanmar, writes Christopher Gunness. It’s now up to the attorney general and Labour government to do the right thing ...

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Nattukotai Chettiars were the most prominent business community from the Tamil region. The book ...

In Burma, for instance, while Europeans owned the big rice mills, the financing of agricultural production was almost entirely in the hands of the Chettiars. That’s where they made their money.

BANGKOK (AP) — A former British ambassador to Myanmar who now heads a business ethics advisory group in the Southeast Asian country has been arrested, reports in the country’s independent ...

Why are the British courts handing a propaganda win to the Myanmar junta? - COMMENT: The British legal system is being used to deliver a blow to democracy in Myanmar, writes Christopher Gunness.