Thousands of people gather for the funeral of 23-year-old student Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing, who was shot dead during a protest in Myanmar's main city, Yangon, on February 28. Mourners at the Hlawga ...

Myanmar’s military government ordered East Timor’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities from the fellow Southeast Asian country accepted a criminal complaint against Myanmar ...

The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to achieve most of its goals.

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, ...

Despite her absence from public view, Aung San Suu Kyi still casts a long shadow over Myanmar. The election is expected to secure the military generals’ hold on an increasingly isolated country that ...

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the people of Myanmar "face a deepening crisis", five years after the country's democratically-elected government was overthrown by the military. The coup, ...

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 ...

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Polls in Myanmar have closed after a third and final stage of voting in what are widely viewed as sham elections. Many popular parties are banned from standing and voting has not been possible in ...

Myanmar has begun holding a general election that the international community has widely condemned as "a sham." Opposition figures in exile have called on a boycott as they say the military-led ...

Exclusive: Leader of Myanmar armed group says world is ignoring junta's deadly airstrikes The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the ruling military ...