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 ...

As Myanmar's military junta seeks international legitimacy through elections, its brutal repression of the pro-democracy movement is radicalising a new generation of activists.

Many internationals now assume that Myanmar’s political future will ultimately be determined by Beijing. This is a profound misreading.

The European Union now stands as the only major international actor still meaningfully committed to Myanmar’s democratic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Myanmar’s planned elections are widely expected to be a sham, entrenching military rule and excluding the NLD, which undermines ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus and risks deepening the country’s ...

Myanmar's junta said on Sunday it would release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day. The military has arrested thousands of protesters and ...

In areas controlled by ethnic armies, Local Education Boards are laying the groundwork for federalism amid Myanmar’s war.

Voters trickled to Myanmar's heavily restricted polls on Sunday, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government and ...