Politics
Politics
Legislation marks milestone in Aung San Suu Kyi’s bid to chip away military’s power.
Published on Jan 17, 2020
New Mon State Party officials say military violated ceasefire by trespassing and seizing outposts, charges the military denies
Dec 6, 2019
After Dr Aye Maung’s departure fractured party leadership, more MPs try leaving party, presenting obstacles for the ANP in run-up to general election
Dec 4, 2019
Changes to defamation law sentencing guidelines have MPs, politicians and military officials turning to a misplaced clause in privacy law, rights groups say
Nov 26, 2019
Lawmakers will discuss proposal accusing AA of harming national reconciliation and demanding colleague’s release
Nov 14, 2019
Complaint comes after Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi criticised the military’s role in politics on Facebook
Apr 2, 2019
Students are taught a ‘strict sense of obedience’ and must clap exactly 20 times at the end of each class.
Jan 30, 2019
Yangon’s chief minister has promised further legal action if Press Council negotiations are unsuccessful.
Dec 5, 2018
In the months leading up to the November 3 poll, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) candidate for Seikkan township helped voters to secure micro-loans from an obscure...
Nov 20, 2018
(Yangon)—The head of Myanmar’s armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has praised nationalist protestors who took to the streets last month in a show of defiance against...
Nov 3, 2018
LOIKAW — One night in 2012, in the Kayah State capital of Loikaw, a group of ethnic Karenni youths were engaged in clandestine activity. In advance of Martyrs’ Day, 19 July, they crept...
Jul 19, 2018
YANGON — Jailed Reuters journalist Ko Wa Lone told a Yangon court on July 17 that during a police interrogation, which included sleep deprivation, police officers tried to induce him...
Jul 18, 2018
Members of a bloc of ethnic armed groups based along Myanmar’s northern border with China have given conflicting accounts of whether China persuaded them to attend a peace conference...
Jul 12, 2018
