YANGON: Myanmar’s junta will hold the third and final round of its tightly controlled elections on Jan 25, a statement said ...

Myanmar's junta is set to preside over voting starting Sunday, touting heavily restricted polls as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government, triggering civil war.

Myanmar's junta announced on Thursday that the third and final round of its tightly controlled elections will take place on January 25, just days ...

As Myanmar counts down to a junta-organised "sham" election on Sunday, the country's military has ramped up operations.

Min Aung Hlaing has told personnel to train for amphibious assaults and ground combat as the regime escalates indiscriminate attacks on resistance-held territory.

The attack comes a day after another that left seven people, including children and elderly women, dead in Sagaing’s Wetlet ...

Civil society groups have long opposed the hydropower project due to its potential to cause flooding and environmental damage and disrupt the livelihoods of people living near the project site ...

Deadly airstrikes, raids and artillery attacks are targeting civilians across the Bamar heartland regions of Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe.

Most analysts see the election as a way for the military, which has governed Myanmar for much of the past six decades, to ...

Suu Kyi’s absence dominates Myanmar’s planned election as the military junta seeks legitimacy amid dissolved parties, violence and doubts over democracy.

As Myanmar approaches a pivotal election, the political landscape is fraught with opposition to the ruling junta. China is ...

Six parties are competing nationwide, including the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party that is tipped to ...