Myint Swe, who became Myanmar’s acting president under controversial circumstances after the military seized power from the ...

A Washington lobbying firm has signed an agreement worth $3 million a year with Myanmar's Ministry of Information to help the ...

A figurehead leader, he had little real power but did endorse measures that allowed the country’s generals to extend their ...

Myanmar’s military-appointed figurehead president -- suspended from service since last year due to declining health -- died ...

The South East Asian nation's military leaders named Myint Swe acting president after a 2021 coup.

The head of Myanmar’s military government made a rare appearance at a ceremony on Saturday honoring General Aung San, an ...

In many nations, a leader’s health—or absence—can unsettle the political order. That’s exactly what happened in Myanmar. Now, ...

The news that Aung San Suu Kyi had been overthrown in a Feb. 1 coup spread through Myanmar like a shockwave. “Most of the citizens 100% depend on her,” says Kyaw Kyaw, a 28-year old LGBTQ ...

But I believe Aung San Suu Kyi ’s release from detention could awaken her conscience and give her a chance to redeem herself for not speaking up for the Rohingya when she was in power.” ...

Aung San Suu Kyi was a globally renowned human rights advocate since the early 1990s until the events of 2017. She was also heading Myanmar's civilian government during the deadly wave of violence ...

Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced to another four years in prison on Monday, the second round of verdicts against the Nobel prize winner.

The two-year sentence of house arrest given to Aung San Suu Kyi is just one element of a legal offensive against her by Myanmar's military junta.