Sources: The Australian
Burma pledges to release 3000 prisoners a month before it hosts a Southeast Asian summit. 2014-10-7
Military aircraft in Burma target rebel held areas in Kachin State; the government later confirms the operation. 2013-01-2
Burma releases 500 prisoners, including at least 58 political prisoners and foreigners, in an amnesty. 2012-09-18
Burma releases the names of over 2,000 people who were previously blacklisted by the former military government; they are to be removed from the list in the latest in a series of reforms. 2012-08-30
Burma invites observers from ASEAN, the European Union and the United States to monitor next week's series of by-elections. 2012-03-21
At least 15 people are killed and dozens injured in an explosion in the Burmese city of Rangoon. 2011-12-29
The State Peace and Development Council military government is officially dissolved in Burma. 2011-03-30
Burma bars several areas of the country from taking part in the upcoming general election where the vote would "not be free and fair". 2010-09-16
A breakaway group from the National League for Democracy in Burma registers to participate in the general election later this year. 2010-07-10
A Burmese court sentences two officials to death and one to imprisonment for leaking details of secret government visits to North Korea and Russia. 2010-01-7