Observers say the move could formalise a military-controlled political system rather than signal real democratic change. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Myanmar’s military junta has billed the election as a return to democracy. International observers, however, have widely ...

The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to thousands of prisoners, mostly political detainees, and activists being prosecuted or in hiding.

YANGON: Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing, pic, announced the release of more than 12,000 prisoners on March 2 to mark ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in six townships in the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly ...

YANGON, Burma (AP) – Burma media say security forces have killed 91 people in deadliest day since last month’s military coup. The online news site Myanmar Now reported as evening fell that the death ...

A raft of political prisoners were freed after being convicted under the scattergun law of “harboring or financing” terrorists, but senior democratic figures remain in jail.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly ...

YANGON, Myanmar — The 26-year-old student has never touched a gun, but she is heading into the jungles to enlist with rebels seeking to overthrow the military junta in a nation tumbling toward civil ...