Myanmar News News Myanmar » Politics: Voices: Myanmar’s dictator dons civilian clothes but no one is fooled
Myanmar’s mickey-mouse dictator dons civilian clothes but no one is fooled - COMMENT: As Myanmar’s dictator is sworn in as a civilian president, a groundswell of opposition internationally to his ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar’s proposed December general election raises alarms over atrocious political repression
After Myanmar’s military declared the country’s first post-coup general elections to the public in May 2023, the Myanmar military has since detailed the elections and the country’s future post-coup ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Who is fighting in Myanmar’s multi-front civil war?
Alliances are fluid in Myanmar's civil war, involving a military regime, ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces.
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar military chief who led 2021 army takeover takes presidency after criticized election
Min Aung Hlaing, the army chief who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government five years ago, has been sworn in as Myanmar's president.
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar junta chief sworn in as president
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president on Friday, continuing his rule from a civilian post five years after snatching power in a military coup. More than two-thirds of Min Aung ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Asean must hold the line on Myanmar’s junta
Asean faces a critical test: whether it will stand with the people of Myanmar, or allow the region's most brutal military regime to slowly regain political legitimacy.
News Myanmar » Politics: What to know as military-led Myanmar transitions back to an elected government
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar ’s Parliament on Monday began the process of electing the country’s next president, which will mark a nominal return to an elected government after five years of military rule, ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar’s Military Scripted Mandate, A Sham & Fake: A Political Reset That Deepens The Crisis
Amid the ferocity of the Israel–US and Iran conflict, the Myanmar military regime’s conduct of widely criticised and fraudulent elections, has largely escaped global attention. Paradoxically, this ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar pro-military party declares victory in junta-run polls
Myanmar's dominant pro-military party has won junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after a month-long vote that democracy watchdogs dismissed as a rebranding of army rule. The ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar grants amnesty to over 7,000 convicted of 'terrorist group' support
Myanmar's military junta granted amnesty on Monday to more than 7,000 prisoners convicted of financing or sheltering a "terrorist group", a designation it has used to outlaw pro-democracy factions ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar, War, and Federalism: A Conversation With Joe Lo Bianco
Joseph Lo Bianco is president of the Australia Myanmar Institute and a professor emeritus from the University of Melbourne in linguistics, with a sharp focus on the ever evolving civil war in Myanmar, ...