Myanmar News News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar frees nearly 4,900 prisoners including some political detainees
A released prisoner, center, is welcomed by family members outside the main gate of Insein prison as the head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to thousands of prisoners to mark the ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar Military Ends State of Emergency to Prep for Election at Year’s End
The State Administration Council has been dissolved and a new caretaker government appointed, but the military remains firmly in charge. The U.N. and Myanmar flags flying side by side outside the ...
News Myanmar » Politics: How Myanmar’s Civil War Has Slipped Down the Global Crisis Hierarchy
The country’s conflict is not forgotten, but has suffered from a perception of irrelevance compared to other unfolding crises. Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing takes part in an event marking the ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Asean lawmakers warn Myanmar reengagement risks legitimizing junta
MANILA, Philippines — Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has raised concerns about Asean’s recent engagement with Myanmar’s military-appointed government, warning that the regional bloc’s ...
News Myanmar » Politics: ASEAN shifts approach, engages Myanmar junta in bid to revive peace efforts
Facing little progress in efforts to end Myanmar's political crisis, ASEAN foreign ministers have begun a calibrated re-engagement with the military junta, holding their first meeting with Myanmar's ...
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: Timeline of major political events in Myanmar
As Myanmar announces November 8 as the date for a historic general election, set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition in a quarter of a century, here is a chronology of key ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar's fatal quake deepens political turmoil with no path to peace, experts say
Myanmar's ruling military junta is seizing the aftermath of a deadly earthquake as an opportunity to regain control amid a grueling civil war. But a lasting ceasefire remains unlikely, analysts say.
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar military chief who led 2021 army takeover takes presidency after criticized election
BANGKOK — Min Aung Hlaing, who as Myanmar ’s military commander had led the Southeast Asian nation with an iron fist since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021, was sworn ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar frees around 4,900 prisoners including some political detainees
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an independent ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar's fatal quake deepens political turmoil with no path to peace, experts say
Just hours after the quake, the ruling junta declared a state of emergency in some quake-hit cities and issued a plea for international aid — a move that represents a stark contrast to the aftermath ...
News Myanmar » Politics: Myanmar frees nearly 4,900 prisoners including some political detainees
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country’s traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an independent ...