Min Aung Hlaing wins parliamentary vote by huge margin Junta leader stepped down as military chief on Monday General expected to consolidate power, seek international legitimacy under civilian guise ...

In February of 2021, Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing wrested power from the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and effectively plunged the Southeast Asian country into a civil ...

Military chief Min Aung Hlaing (center) visits a polling station during the third and final phase of Myanmar's general election in Mandalay on January 25, 2026. ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP Myanmar's ...

Five years after Myanmar’s military coup, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) faces a critical test: whether it will stand with the people of Myanmar, or allow the region’s most brutal ...

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, used a recent armed forces reshuffle to shore up his power base by promoting loyalists ahead of his expected imminent transition to ...

The recent arrest of American national Matthew Aaron VanDyke, a Georgetown University educated “security contractor” with a resume that describes him as a “CIA black-ops recruit” has uncovered what is ...

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Myanmar’s military regime tightened fuel restrictions on Sunday, limiting motorists to a maximum of two refueling trips per week. The new weekly limit replaces the existing “odd-even” rationing system ...

You see a lot of your phone's keyboard. It pops up whenever you need to enter text or numbers, it's your gateway to galleries of GIFs and emoji, and it’s a shortcut for voice dictation. It's an ...

An official from the call centre of Myanmar National Airlines (MNA), which operates both domestic and international routes, said ticket sales have been temporarily halted. “We have stopped ticket ...