Harsh sentences for Burma rebels
Fourteen Burmese activists are given jail sentences of up to 65 years for their part in last year's demonstrations.

Burma blast as anniversary looms
An explosion in Rangoon injures at least four people a day before the first anniversary of a military crackdown.

Burma blogger jailed for 20 years
A Burmese blogger is sentenced to 20 years in jail for posting a cartoon of the military leader Than Shwe.

Burmese democracy veteran freed
One of Burma's most prominent political detainees, Win Tin, is freed after 19 years in detention.

Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi
The pro-democracy leader under house arrest in Rangoon

Burmese dodge junta for aid
People in Burma have had to find ways of bypassing the junta to deliver aid to victims of the cyclone in the southwest.

Burma young 'starving to death'
Thousands of children in Burma will die from hunger within weeks unless food reaches them soon, a UK charity warns.

Challenges for delta aid workers
Aid agencies and private donors in the Irrawaddy Delta, which took the brunt of last month's storm, are facing fresh challenges.

Will Burma keep its word on aid?
Is the Burmese government's offer to allow in foreign aid workers a real deal, or just another manoeuvre, asks the BBC's Jonathan Head?

A tale of two disasters
China's huge relief response to last week's quake casts the Burmese junta's lack of help for cyclone victims into stark relief.

Burma's hardline generals
Profiles of the three main leaders in charge of the military regime in Burma - Than Shwe, Maung Aye and Soe Win.

Profile: 88 Generation Students
A profile of Burma's 88 Generation Students group, synonymous with the long struggle for democracy.

Sanctions' limited effect
The international community considers action against Burma - but will sanctions work?

Who are Burma's monks?
Monks play a powerful and prominent role in Burmese society, and 80-90% of the population is Buddhist.

Should tourists go to Burma?
In the last of a series of articles on Burma, the BBC's Kate McGeown asks whether tourists should visit the country.

Hope dawns
Six months after Nargis, survivors are rebuilding

Burma uprising
Twenty years on, what did the 1988 protests achieve?

Burma charter
What the new constitution means for the junta

Cyclone map
The worst-hit areas in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis

Monastery view
A Buddhist activist looks back at the 2007 protests