Today that leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, eighty next year, is locked in a jungle jail with no prospect of release, while the army with whom she had shared power since 2016 fights a brutal civil war on ...

Myanmar’s military junta has pardoned nearly 5,000 prisoners as part of an annual new year’s amnesty, but there are no ...

Myanmar has been under military rule since Feb. 1, 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected ...

James Hookway is a foreign news editor at The Wall Street Journal.

Many political detainees have been held on a charge of incitement, a catch-all offense widely used to arrest critics of the ...

Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's elected ...

Taking time out from bombing houses of worship across the country, Min Aung Hlaing sent a message of condolence to the ...

Myanmar's ruling military has extended a temporary ceasefire in its conflict with rebels to April 30, in a move to expedite ...

“In this spirit we call on the military to announce a full amnesty for detainees it has incarcerated since February 2021, including state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint.

Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected ...