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Myanmar considering 'good things' for detained Aung San Suu Kyi: Thailand

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing elected as president

Myanmar’s political makeover unmasked by revolutionary reality

After five years of conflict and a tightly controlled election, Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, shed his uniform, named himself president and spoke of peace and reconcilia...

Christians in This Southeast Asian Country Face Worsening Persecution

Christians in the beleaguered nation of Myanmar are facing renewed bouts of persecution at the hands of the country’s military regime. Myanmar experienced a military coup in 2021,...

Myanmar complains over pariah treatment in ASEAN bloc

The 11-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations has shunned Myanmar from summits since its military launched a coup in 2021.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, over five years after the country’s military ousted a civilian g...

Myanmar’s government locks down 60 townships

New resistance alliance built to win Myanmar’s civil war

Myanmar’s civil war is now 78 years old — the longest-running civil war in modern history.  For most of that time, it has...

Myanmar frees more than 4,500 prisoners

The amnesty comes a week after Min Aung Hlaing was sworn into office following an election that critics say was neither free nor fair and was orchestrated to keep the military’s ir...

Myanmar to free more than 4,000 prisoners in amnesty

Myanmar's new President Min Aung Hlaing has approved an amnesty for 4,335 prisoners, state television reported on Friday, ‌the third such move in the past six months. The…

Myanmar to free more than 4,000 prisoners in amnesty

Myanmar's new President Min Aung Hlaing has approved an amnesty for 4,335 prisoners, state television reported on Friday, ‌the third such move in the past six months. The…

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament

Min Aung Hlaing's transition from top general to civilian president follows a lopsided election in December and January that was won in a landslide by an army-backed party and deri...

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament

Min Aung Hlaing's transition from top general to civilian president follows a lopsided election in December and January that was won in a landslide by an army-backed party and deri...

Myanmar's political transition leaves ASEAN in a quandary

Parlament wählt Min Aung Hlaing: Ex-Junta-Chef wird Präsident von Myanmar

Nach über fünf Jahren Militärdiktatur hat das Parlament in Myanmar den ehemaligen Putschführer Min Aung Hlaing zum Präsidenten gewählt. Der Bürgerkrieg hält an. mehr...

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest in Naypyidaw

Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the junta since a deadly civil war erupted after the February 2021 coupMyanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest in...

Myanmar moves Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest

A statement from the office of Min Aung Hlaing said he had "commuted the remaining sentence" of the 80-year-old Suu Kyi "to be served at the designated residence."

Myanmar’s junta chief turned president heads to India, with an eye on China

The five-day trip underscores the gradual return of regional re-engagement for Myanmar, five years after being shunned by many of its neighbors.

Myanmar’s Ousted Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Transferred to House Arrest: State Media

The announcement is part of a concerted PR push currently being undertaken by the new "civilian" government in Naypyidaw.

Myanmar ex-president freed, Suu Kyi sentence cut

YANGON — Myanmar’s former president Win Myint, detained since a 2021 military coup, was freed Friday under a mass amnesty that also reduced the sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi, accord...

Former Myanmar leader transitions to house arrest following five year detention after coup

Myanmar state media (MRTV) on Thursday announced that former leader Aung San ⁠Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest after more than five years of detention following the coup, whi...

Southeast Asian nations see possible opening for thaw with Myanmar years after coup

Myanmar has been largely sidelined by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since a 2021 military coup that sparked a civil war.

Myanmar’s resource curse fueling its forever war

Myanmar’s war is often described as a clash of ideologies, ethnic identities and competing visions of the state. That is true, but incomplete. At its core, Myanmar’s crisis is also...