Myanmar’s military-backed party has won the recent election, according to final official figures. The Union Solidarity and ...

Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary traditions shaped by centuries ...

On December 28, war-torn Myanmar will go to the polls. In a way. No one really believes the long-promised elections will be free, fair or even close to representative. Illustration by Joe Benke “Sham” ...

MRAUK U: A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, aid workers said on Thursday (Dec 11), as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month ...

YANGON – Myanmar’s military said on Dec 3 it arrested a man who sent anti-election messages in a private Facebook chat, wielding laws that rights groups say curb personal liberties to crush dissent.

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used to ...

This day, 8 November 2025, marks the fifth anniversary of Myanmar’s general election whose results were overturned by the military coup of 1 February 2021. The election to be held by the junta ...

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Myanmar’s junta said on Wednesday it had enacted a new law dictating prison sentences for critics or protesters of their planned election, which was being boycotted by opposition groups. The junta ...

Hundreds of Myanmar families were being uprooted from their homes on Saturday (June 14, 2025), a community organiser said, piling their belongings onto evacuation convoys to escape fighting between ...

Myanmar’s youth have been leading anti-military resistance efforts following the February 2021 coup. A political solution is necessary to Myanmar’s crisis, and the youth must play a central role in ...

(Reuters) -Myanmar's junta said it has extended a temporary ceasefire to June to support reconstruction and relief efforts following a massive earthquake in late March that killed at least 3,700 ...