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

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

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

Burmese villagers fled into Thailand as clashes erupted along border towns. Some 250 residents from Myanmar sought shelter as ...

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

Hundreds were killed as the Burmese junta bombed villages along the border with Thailand. More than 100 civilians were killed ...

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

“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.