Myat Thu Kyaw, a veteran freelance photojournalist, was arrested in January 2023 while covering a protest in Yangon.

The military bloc is set to wield even greater influence than usual as fewer elected MPs will take seats after fighting prevented voting in many parts of the country.

Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is widely expected to take on the country's presidency after the highly controversial elections. Polling stations opened across Myanmar on Sunday for the final ...

On September 15, 2025, the location transmitter of an Iranian oil tanker called Reef pinged near Iraq’s offshore Basrah Oil Terminal. Reef was actually several hundred kilometers away at the Iranian ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Myanmar’s military completed phased elections guaranteeing parliamentary control after ousting elected leader Aung ...

Polls have opened in Myanmar for the third and final round of a controversial general election, with a military-backed party on course for a landslide win amid a raging civil war. Voting began in 60 ...

Voting ends in month-long poll derided internationally as sham designed to cement army’s grip on power Voting in Myanmar has ended with the military-backed party expected to win a landslide victory ...

Ms Shwe Theingi was instantly drawn to Ms Wutt Yee Aung when they met at the start of their second year at Myanmar’s Dagon University in 2019. The 19-year-old zoology major stood out with her boyish ...

But the shows, which combine dance, drama and music, are also part of an effort by Myanmar’s military rulers to project a veneer of legitimacy. U Chit Myo Htike, known by his stage name Phoe Chit, ...

Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, turned 80 last year, and last Friday reached a cumulative total of 20 years in detention. The question facing her, the illegal military junta that now ...

Once again this year, Burmese exiles around the world commemorated the anniversary of the military coup of February 1, 2021, which put an end to an ...

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