Politics

By Ko Myo / MPA Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) is facing a mounting internal crisis as senior figures and civil servants demand the resignation of the Prime Minister, following what critics call a "whitewash" investigation into a top...

By Foe Aww Yaw/ MPA TAMU — Women-led protests have erupted in northwest Myanmar’s Tamu Township following reports that local resistance groups are forcibly recruiting men from farms and paddy fields, disrupting the region’s vital agricultural sector. Demonstrations took...

By Sayar Ngatt / MPA NAYPYIDAW — General Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Myanmar’s military commission, has stepped up efforts to assert the legal legitimacy of his regime, visiting the remote Naga Self-Administered Zone on Monday to rally...

By Moe Nya / MPA Myanmar's military government has expelled Timor-Leste’s top diplomat in the country, citing interference in domestic affairs, in a move that follows a landmark war crimes lawsuit filed against the junta in Dili. Mr Alicio...

By Naing Yarzar Min / MPA The chairman of Myanmar’s military-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC), U Thein Soe, has announced plans to further amend the country's electoral laws, following a recent election widely condemned by critics as a sham....

By Nway / MPA Myanmar military troops have detained a married couple who were travelling to a clinic for medical treatment in the central Magway region, local sources say. The incident occurred on the morning of 5 February* at...

By Nway / MPA Dr Sein Win, a prominent figure in Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement and the first cousin of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has died in the United States at the age of 83. The National Unity...

By Ko Myo / MPA A young man has died and another has been injured after jumping from the fourth floor of a municipal building in Yangon, in a desperate attempt to escape forced recruitment into the military. The...

By Ko Myo/MPA Myanmar’s middle class is disappearing and urban poverty has reached alarming levels five years after the military coup, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations has warned. Speaking during a dialogue with the United Nations...

By Mon Lay / MPA Myanmar’s military leader has called for a significant overhaul of the country's civil service, urging a shift towards military-style discipline and strict obedience within government ministries. Addressing senior officers at the National Defence College...