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Even in areas where the junta’s writ still runs, political parties feel safer keeping a low profile and struggle to meet ...
Voting was underway in Myanmar’s elections on Sunday, with the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi heavily favored to retain power it had wrestled from the powerful military ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an ...
Voters in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, voted in large numbers in nationwide elections that are expected to return to power Aung San Suu Kyi's party.
More than two decades after being denied her first election victory, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will take her place in Myanmar’s parliament with the NLD.
Myanmar’s military junta, which ousted and detained the nation’s civilian leaders earlier this month, declared on Tuesday that it will hold an election and “hand power to the winning party.” ...
One of Myanmar's most powerful politicians, ousted as leader of the ruling party in August, said Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party was the most popular in the country and he would work with the ...
BANGKOK — Celebrations of Thingyan, Myanmar’s holiday marking the traditional new year, were uncharacteristically quiet Wednesday, as the violent struggle for power between th… ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday… ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country’s traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an ...