The Irrawaddy revisits a 2022 profile of Min Aung Hlaing confidant and ex-junta PM Nyo Saw, who was elected a vice-president ...

Life in Myanmar since the February 2021 military coup has been defined by a brutal struggle between a ruthless junta and a determined and widespread movement for democratic restoration. The United ...

The meeting follows a controversial multi-phase election that was dominated by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party. Myanmar’s parliament met yesterday for the first time since ...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Myanmar opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years on Monday following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the Myanmar Military True News Information Team, newly commissioned aircraft are seen at an airbase in ...

Myanmar's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a 2021 military coup, AFP journalists saw, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll choreographed by the top brass. The ...

Lawmakers meet after lopsided election won by army-backed party Leader of army-backed party chosen as house speaker Legislature certain to be under military's control, analyst says March 16 (Reuters) ...

March 27 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military leadership is set for a reshuffle following an annual armed forces parade on Friday, state media reported, in a rare public signaling of transition by the ...

Myanmar military ruler General Min Aung Hlaing’s apparent bid to assume the presidency in coming weeks has left its people, rights activists, and even Buddhist monks disillusioned and skeptical about ...

The gaping holes torn in a road to Mandalay by last year's devastating earthquake have been filled in, and the route in northern Myanmar partly resurfaced. But only a few of the broken spans of the ...