The Southeast Asian regional bloc will find it difficult to re-engage with Myanmar even after its upcoming election, the Thai ...

U Kyi Toe, ex-chief of the NLD’s Information Committee, pledged ‘to be strong to work together’ with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains jailed in Naypyitaw.

Excited families are greeting relatives released from Myanmar’s Insein Prison as part of a mass amnesty granted by the ...

A key aide to Myanmar's deposed democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi was among hundreds of political prisoners freed by the ...

Sihasak Phuangketkeow called for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release and warned that the junta’s election cannot be considered legitimate.

Myanmar’s ruling junta has dropped outstanding charges against 5,580 people and pardoned or reduced sentencing for a further ...

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State media in Myanmar say the country's military rulers have granted amnesty to over 3,000 prisoners locked up for opposing army rule and dropped charges against over 5,500 others ahead of next month ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the immediate release of former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi after learning of her worsening health problems in military custody. Mr Macron wrote to ...

I was 11 years old when my mother was first put under house arrest. I was with her at that time and remember the soldiers arriving, hauling away the young students, and cutting my mother off from the ...