Karen State, Myanmar – A young fighter looks out from the upper floor in a concrete skeleton of a church that villagers have been building for two years in this small pocket of southeast Myanmar. The construction work has been a slow undertaking, said 21 ...

On December 29, elections will begin in Myanmar – the Burmese call them sham elections —which will be held until January 11, 2026, with a subsequent phase. Meanwhile, the junta’s army has been heavily bombing villages in the areas occupied by the Resistance for months,

As the protests and violence in Myanmar drag on, opponents of the country's military coup have now announced that they're forming a National Unity Government. It will include ousted members of parliament, protest leaders, and ethnic minorities. They say ...

Myanmar's ruling general said Wednesday the junta was holding power only temporarily with the aim of strengthening democracy, and he called for unity among the people and military to fight armed groups seeking to derail plans to hold an election.

Observers are slowly coming around to the realization that the once mighty Myanmar military, or Sit-tat, can be beaten by the forces opposing Myanmar’s military coup of 2021. The junta’s governance record is appalling, and it is losing control of ever ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising religious intolerance threatens the unity of Myanmar, a senior U.S. official said Friday, as the former pariah state prepares for landmark Nov. 8 elections. Top diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Russel, criticized the election ...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar’s future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an indirect show of support for Rohingya Muslims who have been subject to decades of discrimination and a recent military ...

May 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's defence force" to protect its supporters from military attacks and violence instigated by the junta. Since the ...

Pope Francis, delivering a closely watched speech in Myanmar, called on the Southeast Asian country to respect all religious groups. But as some had feared and others had hoped, the pontiff failed to mention by name the persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority.

Anti-coup protesters hold leaf branches and signs to welcome the National Unity Government (NUG) as they march Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Credit: AP Photo On Friday, opponents of Myanmar’s junta formally announced the establishment of a ...