Myanmar’s military-backed party has extended its lead after the second round of voting in the country's election, according ...
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 ...
MANILA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - ASEAN chair the Philippines ‌has ​welcomed various political and ethnic ‌groups from army-ruled ...
After an initial period of wariness, China has thrown its backing behind Myanmar's junta. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro is the ASEAN special envoy for the crisis in war-torn Myanmar. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Voters queued at polling stations in Myanmar on Sunday to vote in a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected ...
Observers said the second phase was marked by low voter turnout, resistance attacks, and reports of voters being intimidated ...
The junta’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party has added seats to military’s parliamentary quota to reach governing majority in ongoing election.
On 1 April 2012, while accompanying the United Nations secretary-general’s team during the by-elections to 48 parliamentary constituencies, we were discreetly tailed by military intelligence as we ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Excited families greeted relatives released from Myanmar's Insein Prison on Thursday as part of a mass amnesty granted by the country's military rulers ahead of next month's election.
Voters trickled to Myanmar's heavily restricted polls on Sunday, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government and ...
(Sai Aung MAIN/AFP/AFP) Goat, hippo and duck-shaped hot air balloons floated in clear blue skies over war-ravaged Myanmar this week in a rare opportunity for escapism. Tens of thousands of people have ...