Politics

YANGON, Myanmar — Activist groups and military defectors have warned that Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s formal ascension to the presidency will lead to an even higher death toll among frontline soldiers, as the military doubles down on its...

PANGHSANG, Myanmar — In a move that has drawn widespread scrutiny, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed organization, has formally congratulated Senior General Min Aung Hlaing following his self-installation as President of the country’s...

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — In a move widely dismissed by international observers as a "pre-planned political theater," Myanmar's coup leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has been officially named the country's President by a military-controlled national assembly. The decision was...

LONDON — Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has launched a blistering critique of the military junta’s latest attempts to legitimize its rule, accusing General Min Aung Hlaing of acting out of...

YANGON, Myanmar — Lin Htet Naing, a prominent political activist and former central committee member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), has been released from prison, his family confirmed on Wednesday. Widely known by his alias...

YANGON, Myanmar — In a major breakthrough for Myanmar’s anti-junta movement, the National Unity Government (NUG) and the country’s most powerful ethnic revolutionary organizations have announced the formation of a unified leadership body to coordinate their struggle for a...

YANGON, Myanmar — A new coalition of veteran politicians and activists has formed the Political Coordination Body (PCB), calling for the immediate and unconditional release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint as a primary...

YANGON, Myanmar — The recent formation of the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF) represents a pivotal shift in Myanmar’s anti-junta struggle, yet political analysts warn that the body must address significant gaps in...

THARRAWADDY, Myanmar — Prisoners in Myanmar’s Tharrawaddy jail are being systematically extorted by authorities to fund renovation costs whenever high-ranking officials or international monitors are scheduled to visit, according to former inmates and human rights activists. The practice, described...

MATUPI, Chin State — Resistance forces in northern Chin State have imposed an indefinite closure of key transportation routes in and out of Matupi to protect civilians from a surge in military airstrikes and potential infiltration by junta informants....