Sources: BBC
Thirteen children are killed in a fire at a mosque in Yangon, Burma. 2013-04-2
Burma's new information minister Aung Kyi says that private newspapers will be allowed to publish daily from 2013. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-310465-myanmar-to-allow-daily-newspapers-next-year ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2012-09-2
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy, is sworn in as a member of the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of the parliament of Burma. 2012-05-2
Japan agrees to write off more than US$3.7 billion of debt owed by Burma and to resume development aid. 2012-04-21
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Burma to urge political reforms. 2011-11-30
Than Shwe, the former head of Burma's State Peace and Development Council, retires as the head of the Myanmar military. 2011-04-4
Opposition parties in Burma accuse the military junta of "cheating" and "threatening" voters ahead of the general election on Sunday. 2010-11-6
At least 27 people are killed and eighty injured after oil leaks from a pipeline near the town of Pakokku in Burma. 2010-10-25
Cyclone Giri, which rapidly intensified with winds of 144mph, makes landfall in western Burma. 2010-10-22
Three explosions occur in the former Burmese capital of Yangon during the city's Water Festival, killing at least 9 people and injuring 178. 2010-04-15