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ASEAN leaders sign historic charter amid Myanmar row Ten Southeast Asian leaders signed a historic charter on Tuesday that aims to create an economic bloc encompassing a half-billion people, but controversy over Myanmar threatened to spoil the ASEAN party. 20 Nov 2007
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Myanmar set to sign ASEAN rights charter Military-ruled Myanmar is set to sign an ASEAN charter on democracy and human rights next week, ASEAN secretary-general Ong Keng Yong said. 18 Nov 2007
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Myanmar junta chief sticks to "democracy roadmap" Myanmar supremo Than Shwe, leader of the ruling military, has vowed that the only path to political reform is via the junta's own "roadmap to democracy", which Western governments have dismissed as a sham. 18 Nov 2007
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Myanmar should not be "another Iraq," warns China China does not want Myanmar to become "another Iraq", a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday, stressing his country's opposition to sanctions as a way of seeking reform in the troubled Southeast Asian nation. 16 Nov 2007
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Gambari to return to Myanmar on Saturday, revive talks U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari will return to army-ruled Myanmar on Saturday to try to coax the generals into talks on reform with captive opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a diplomat said. 01 Nov 2007
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Myanmar's detained Suu Kyi holds talks with junta Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with a representative of the ruling junta for more than an hour on Thursday, state television said. 26 Oct 2007
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China rejects sanctions as U.N. Myanmar envoy ends talks The United Nations envoy on Myanmar concluded talks with China on Thursday, with no indication Beijing had agreed to exert tougher pressure on the junta that runs the troubled Southeast Asian nation. 26 Oct 2007
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Bush expands sanctions against Myanmar rulers President George W. Bush expanded U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's rulers on Friday, accusing them of "vicious persecution" of democracy protesters, and urged China and India to step up pressure on their neighbor. 20 Oct 2007
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Stop the arrests, U.N. envoy tells Myanmar junta U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari told Myanmar on Monday to stop arresting dissidents and Thailand proposed a regional forum including China and India to nudge the reclusive military junta towards democratic reform. 15 Oct 2007
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U.N. council deplores crushing of Myanmar protests China joined Western powers for the first time to deplore Myanmar's crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations and call for political dialogue there in a statement by the U.N. Security Council on Thursday. 12 Oct 2007
