The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some ...

The UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, is leading a new push to free Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi as sham elections in the country are set to begin. The Foreign Office (FCDO) has ...

Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary traditions shaped by centuries ...

Myanmar's top general Min Aung Hlaing was months from retirement when he made a dictatorial about-face nearly five years ago, deposing the democratic government and promoting himself to leader. The ...

As Myanmar approaches elections scheduled for 28 December, the UN’s top human rights official has said that civilians are being coerced from all sides – forced by the military to vote and threatened ...

Aljazeera - Military-ruled Myanmar has said the country’s jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health” amid concerns about the health of the pro-democracy leader who was ...

Aung San Suu Kyi's son calls for her release ahead of Myanmar vote Kim Aris has always stayed out of the spotlight. But since the Myanmar military imprisoned his Nobel Prize-winning mother nearly five ...

Myanmar's military junta has stated that former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health, following concerns raised by her son about her wellbeing. Kim Aris expressed fears over the condition of Suu ...

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