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

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kim Aris, the son of Aung San Suu Kyi, delivers a speech during a protest rally organized by Myanmar people residing in Japan ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-backed party emerged the winner of an election , final official figures showed Wednesday, as the country’s army chief signed a law authorizing a new consultative body that ...

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats have met to push a peace plan for Myanmar’s civil war and finalize a nonaggression pact with China.

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! n Jan. 11, Myanmar entered ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck Myanmar on Wednesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. In the aftermath of the magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 earthquakes that struck central ...

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myanmar's election is being held in three phases due to armed conflictsAung Shine Oo/AP Photo/picture alliance The third and final ...

For the Rohingya people’s long journey to freedom and dignity, this week’s hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague are of profound significance. Denied access to justice for ...

Pressure from Beijing has sidelined key ethnic armed organizations, freeing the junta to drive back PDF forces in Mandalay Region.