Five years after the coup, the civil war has reached a turning point, with the military carrying out large-scale counter-offensives to reclaim territory seized by pro-democracy rebels ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country's three-phase general ...

Myanmar's military-led general election has been condemned as "a sham" by the international community and boycotted by opposition figures in exile. But one prominent figure, once regarded as a ...

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

Thailand's foreign minister said his government has sent monitors to observe the general election organized by the military authorities of neighboring Myanmar.

Five years post-coup, Myanmar's democracy is in shambles. The military junta holds power through suppression, while flawed ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's government confirmed on Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners ...

Clapp details policy options for facilitating a democratic transition with the NLD government, including U.S. policy recommendations relating to human rights conditions and sanctions on Myanmar. Over ...

YANGON, Myanmar - Pro-democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi walked free Saturday after more than seven years under house arrest, welcomed by thousands of cheering supporters outside the decaying lakefront ...