YANGON – A proxy party for Myanmar’s junta was declared the “landslide” winner of elections that were derided as illegitimate by the United Nations and others, helping the military keep its grip on ...

When asked to comment on reports by Myanmar's election commission that the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party achieved a sweeping victory in the country's general election, Chinese ...

The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to achieve most of its goals. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Yangon, Myanmar After ...

CEBU CITY—The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) does not recognize the recently held elections in Myanmar, the first since the army seized power in 2021, the Philippine foreign secretary ...

Human rights groups and some western countries have denounced the election, the first held since the 2021 coup, describing it as neither free nor fair Myanmar’s military-backed party has completed a ...

China on Thursday executed 11 members of a family who ran scams in Myanmar, including "key members" involved in telecom scam compounds. The Ming family, led by Ming Xuechang, had a long-standing link ...

China has executed 11 people linked to online scam centres in Myanmar, according to state media, as Beijing toughens its crackdown on the illegal operations. Those executed on Thursday were sentenced ...

MANILA – The Philippines, the current chair of ASEAN, this week hosted a meeting of “important political groups” from army-ruled Myanmar, officials said on Jan 22, in an effort to advance the regional ...

An international court case against Myanmar for genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority is "flawed and unfounded", Yangon's foreign ministry said Wednesday. In a statement published in a ...

Home to snowcapped mountains, drought-prone savannas and tropical rainforests, Myanmar hosts tremendous botanical diversity among its richly varied habitats. There are 864 known plant species that are ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships including some ...

UN and many western countries as well as human rights groups say that in the absence of a meaningful opposition the election is neither free, fair nor credible Voters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on ...