The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new ...

In this spirit we call on the military to announce a full amnesty for detainees it has incarcerated since February 2021, including state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, photographed in June 2012 Getty Images On a steamy evening at the beginning of the rainy season, a crowd of 10,000 packs the street outside the National League for Democracy ...

The 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed ...

Approximately 20,000 political prisoners languish in jail, including Myanmar’s democratically-elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and thousands have been killed – executed, tortured to death or ...

Sean Turnell, a Sydney academic who served as an economic adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said bombing in the country’s four-year civil war had struck Karen state after the quake ...

The army's takeover from Aung San Suu Kyi ’s elected government in February 2021 has been met with widespread opposition, triggering armed resistance, plunging much of the country into conflict. The ...

Relief efforts from Friday’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake will be especially complicated with the country in embroiled in civil war, which began after the army seized power from the elected ...

On Wednesday, Bishop met with Foreign Minister Than Swe and other officials at a temporary tented area outside of the ...

With the Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy winning the 2015 Myanmar general elections, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing sought to recover state power for the junta by adopting an adversarial ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kim Aris, son of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, about her imprisonment and why he's advocating for her release.

The envoy, Australia’s Julie Bishop, met with Foreign Minister Than Swe and other officials at a temporary tented area ...