Almost everyone in Myanmar wants democracy, yet few have considered what kind of democracy best aligns with the country’s political realities. Myanmar has endured decades of political instability, ...

Thousands of mourners Wednesday attended the funeral of Win Tin, a giant of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, in an outpouring of grief for one of the country’s best loved champions of freedom.

Members of the rebel group Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army are seen with weapons purportedly seized from the Myanmar army, in the town of Chinshwehaw in Shan state on Oct. 28. The photo was ...

Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar between 2012 and 2016, the first U.S. envoy since 1990. He is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), ...

Myanmar’s junta created a capital to withstand an invasion. Now, the military struggles to project an image of control over a crumbling nation. By Hannah Beech and Daniel Berehulak A coup set off a ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats ...

At least 4,400 people have been killed in the military's crackdown on dissent since the coup, according to local monitoring group Members of the Mandalay People’s Defense Forces (MDY-PDF) at a ...

Saluting the red banner of revolution deep in Myanmar's jungle, retreating rebels swear to keep fighting for democracy -- but after five years of civil war the cause is flagging. The Barron's news ...

The announcer on Burmese state television only had two sentences to offer, but they were supposed to herald good news. On May 10th, he declared, Burma would hold a constitutional referendum, giving ...