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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 » Yangon » Politics: Polls open for Myanmar's first election since military seized power
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Politics: New arrests revive concern that nonviolent political protesters in Myanmar may be tortured
BANGKOK — Concern was rising on Friday that two nonviolent activists opposed to military rule in Myanmar are at high risk of torture after being arrested in raids this week in Yangon, the country’s ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Politics: Myanmar's coup leader who set off a brutal civil war becomes president
Just seven days after he made the fateful decision to launch his coup against the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February 2021, General Min Aung Hlaing made a promise; to hold elections, ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Politics: Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar’s junta chief holds on to power
BANGKOK--His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election underway in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
News Myanmar » Yangon » Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi: The Myanmar democracy icon detained for years
Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been held in detention since a military coup in 2021, has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media reported. Little has been heard from the ...
News Myanmar » Yangon » Politics: Myanmar frees nearly 4,900 prisoners including some political detainees
BANGKOK — 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 watchdog ...