PM dismisses warnings of false dawn with call to 'suspend' sanctions, at house where heroine was held for 15 years

The Prime Minister David Cameron today called for sanctions against Burma to be eased as he made a historic visit to the country.

Visiting Aung San Suu Kyi on final leg of his Asian tour, PM seems set to ask EU to change course

He may have picked an odd day to go – the first day of the water festival, which heralds Burma's new year, when citizens joyously drench each other from dawn to dusk – but when David Cameron visits the former British colony on Friday, becoming the first British leader to do so since Anthony Eden, he will have much to talk about.

David Cameron is expected to become the first major Western leader to visit Burma since decades of military rule were relaxed last year.

Prime Minister's forthcoming Asian tour set to include surprise stop-off in Rangoon

Rights groups uneasy over race to invest in nation with long record of broken promises of reform

Leaders of Burma's most enduring ethnic rebel movement have reopened ceasefire talks with the government, highlighting another major task for the country as it opens up and enacts political reforms.

First task for NLD figurehead must be to change the constitution, says Peter Popham

These polls have to be seen as credible and opponents such as the NLD have to take part

Aung San Suu Kyi's party claimed today she has won a seat in Burma's parliament after a landmark election, setting the stage for the pro-democracy leader to hold public office for the first time.

Democracy leader accuses military's proxy party of violence and intimidation

It's a sight few thought they would ever see: Burma's democracy leader fighting an election. Brian Rex visits the village where her future will be decided