Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rapper-turned-politician U Phyo Zeya Thaw, who also went by the stage name Nitric Acid was one of four democracy activists hanged ...

Phyo Zeya Thaw, a Burmese hip-hop pioneer whose democracy-affirming lyrics led to a career in parliament and, after Myanmar’s military coup last year, as a resistance leader, was executed Saturday in ...

The Burmese refugee community donated more than $20,000 over the weekend to help minorities suffering from persecution and a devastating earthquake in their homeland. Chan Aung, who helped organize ...