The law dates back to 1959, when it was created by General Ne Win, and was amended in November 2010 by then-dictator Than Shwe. It was, however, never enforced under Ne Win, Than Shwe, Thein Sein’s ...

Also this week, the junta boss urged parties to prepare for ‘impossible poll’, and quelled China’s anger while shielding ...

Myanmar had 6,166 passenger EVs registered as of December 2024, more than triple the number a year earlier, according to the ...

Myanmar completed four years of military rule. On this day in 2021 General Min Aung Hlaing ousted the National League for ...

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

YANGON – The nationwide state of emergency has been extended by six months. The National Defense and Security Council meeting (1/2025) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar was held on January 31, ...

By bno - Bangkok bureau Nine countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom as well as the European Union, ...

Four years ago today, a military junta in Myanmar seized power from the country's democratically elected government. They sent tanks into the streets and detained the country's president, as well as ...

(AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) Myanmar military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in ...

Myanmar’s junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed ...

Although many might regard it as an irrelevant backwater, it’s an emergency that should command the world’s attention ...