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Myanmar’s military-appointed figurehead president -- suspended from service since last year due to declining health -- died ...
A figurehead leader, he had little real power but did endorse measures that allowed the country’s generals to extend their ...
The International Trade Union Confederation says the planned polls are “a cosmetic trick to rebrand a brutal military regime ...
Myint Swe became acting president under controversial circumstances in 2021 after the military seized power from the elected ...
YANGON - Myanmar's acting President U Myint Swe died at the age of 74 in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, on Thursday morning, the National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) said. A state ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic ...
Myanmar’s military government announced on Thursday that it was ending the state of emergency declared after it seized power ...
Myanmar's military, which has held power since the 2021 coup, has lifted the country's state of emergency and announced that ...
The State Administration Council has been dissolved and a new caretaker government appointed, but the military remains firmly ...
The polls planned for the end of the year face serious obstacles, including a civil war and pledges by the junta’s opponents ...
Myanmar’s military on Thursday ended a four-year state of emergency and formed a caretaker administration ahead of planned ...