Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In its heyday in the 1920s, the fabled Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. transported millions of passengers each year along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with a fleet of more than 600 vessels.

On a mirror site set up by "Irrawaddy", the magazine said the cyber attack coincides with the third anniversary of the "Saffron Revolution", the monk-led protest in Burma. (SEAPA/IFEX) – The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. With its bold, politically charged covers and reports on everything from prison conditions to ethnic conflicts ...

YANGON — It was easy for Myanmar's former military government to change the name of the country's mightiest river, but a magazine ordered to make the same change is putting up a fight. State-run ...

These are interesting times for Myanmar as it pursues reforms in order to become a modern democratic state. It is a difficult transition for a country which has been under military rule for the past ...

We humans don’t care much about individual animals, do we! Few of us give a second thought to the plight of creatures other than our own pets. Most nations have animal-protection laws, of course, but ...