Myanmar's junta created a capital to withstand an invasion. Now, the military struggles to project an image of control over a crumbling nation.
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An independent human rights expert has urged the international community to reject the electoral process organised by Myanmar's military government, after the first round of voting revealed widespread coercion, exclusion and violence.
YANGON, Myanmar and BANGKOK , January 6 (IPS) - With thousands of civilians killed in years of civil war and over 22,000 political prisoners still behind bars, no one was surprised that early results from Myanmar's first but tightly controlled ...
When an exodus of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh a decade ago, the United Nations recorded many of their birthdays as Jan. 1. The date serves as a reminder of a lost identity.
The junta says it will pardon 6134 citizens and 52 foreign prisoners.
Myanmar's military government has granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and has reduced other inmates' sentences to mark the 78th anniversary of the country's independence from Britain ...
Myanmar's military government has granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and has reduced other inmates' sentences to mark the 78th anniversary of the country's independence from Britain ...
Myanmar's military-appointed election body has announced the winners of the first phase of its three-part general election.
Junta says turnout in first vote in five years is 52%, which observers have described as low compared to past polls ...
With a three-round election underway, the ruling junta craves undeserved legitimacy from the U.S.