Twenty-four years ago it was difficult to buy a book in Yangon unless the street vendors selling political publications were familiar with your face and your preferred reading material. Back then, Yan ...

According to the Burmese media, researcher Myo Yan Naung Thein is the seventh person to be detained on a defamation charge since the civilian government headed (in practice) by Aung San Suu Kyi took ...

LAIZA, Myanmar – Ethnic Kachin rebels long at war with Myanmar troops say the government has only escalated fighting since Aung San Suu Kyi took over as leader, crushing the hopes that had led many ...

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling party claimed a resounding victory on Monday in the second parliamentary election since the end of strict military rule, based on its own unofficial tally of votes.

In this Nov. 30, 2016 photo, a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldier sits inside the bomb shelter along the bunker at the front line of Alen Bum near Laiza, the headquarters of KIA in Kachin State, ...