Passport: Myanmar

Passport: Myanmar

Updated: November 30, 2011

Get the inside story on what some consider the world's most isolated country.
Image: Quiz: Journey to the Golden Triangle
Quiz: Journey to the Golden Triangle

Find out which country has the most profitable drug market on the planet.

 
Image: As US-Myanmar ties warm, China stands conflicted
As US-Myanmar ties warm, China stands conflicted

China is a conflicted observer to Hillary Rodham Clinton's trip to Myanmar, caught between worries about U.S. encirclement in Asia and a desire to see its isolated, at times teetering neighbor become more stable.

 
Image: Suu Kyi
Video: Suu Kyi Released

What freedom means for Myanmar's Democratic leader.

 
Image: Journey to the Golden Triangle: Photo Gallery
Journey to the Golden Triangle: Photo Gallery

Learn more about the opium trade, military presence, and culture of Myanmar.

 
Image: Bamboo
Video: Journalism in Myanmar

Freedom of the Press is a protected right in the US - but not in Myanmar.

 
 


 

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