China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast

The Independent has been hailed for shining a light on the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by a brutal military regime in Myanmar. The film looks at the life of the 79-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner who has become a deeply divisive and ...

As Myanmar’s military junta has announced the intention to hold elections this year, China has supported the move whereas the West and much of the international community called for deferment until af

Pro-democracy crusader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) recently completed a total of 19 years of detention under the military rulers .

A protester holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon on Feb. 15, 2021. (Photo: AFP) Earlier this week, Myanmar’s legitimate and democratically-elected ...

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 2021, starting a civil war that has devastated

The peace deal comes into effect on the weekend but experts aren't convinced it will lead to hostilities easing across the war-torn country.

The National Unity Government must be honest with the public about what the recent arrest warrant application does – and does not – entail.

The military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said.

open image in gallery Bianca Jagger listens to Helena Kennedy at the screening of The Independent’s documentary ‘Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi’ (Al Brown) Ms Chang ...

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As a harbinger of US foreign policy directions, President Trump's sudden suspension of US$45 million (4.9 billion baht) for Myanmar's scholarship programme -- a tiny fraction of its overall foreign aid -- signals that Myanmar's resistance coalition against the junta called the State Administration Council can no longer rely on Washington's crucial assistance.