The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to ...

Five years after the coup, the civil war has reached a turning point, with the military carrying out large-scale counter-offensives to reclaim territory seized by pro-democracy rebels ...

The tally was corroborated with the Political Prisoners Network of Myanmar (PPNM), which monitors the country's prison system. A total of 273 people charged with public incitement and insurrection ...

After five years of mass killing, it is time for a radical rethink on Burma - COMMENT: The military junta has shown it is not interested in transition, only in annihilation, writes Christopher Gunness ...

Five years post-coup, Myanmar's democracy is in shambles. The military junta holds power through suppression, while flawed ...

Thailand's foreign minister said his government has sent monitors to observe the general election organized by the military ...

Myanmar's military-led general election has been condemned as "a sham" by the international community and boycotted by opposition figures in exile. But one prominent figure, once regarded as a ...

YANGON, Myanmar - Pro-democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi walked free Saturday after more than seven years under house arrest, welcomed by thousands of cheering supporters outside the decaying lakefront ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country's three-phase general election, state media said, cementing an outcome long expected after a tightly ...

History suggests that resistance will not end when the military falls. It will only end when real systemic justice is achieved. The U.N. and Myanmar flags flying side by side outside the Pyidaungsu ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's government confirmed on Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats ...