The 81-year-old’s family and supporters are increasingly worried, while the military junta’s focus is on getting ...

Members of the rebel group Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army are seen with weapons purportedly seized from the Myanmar army, in the town of Chinshwehaw in Shan state on Oct. 28. The photo was ...

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

Thousands of mourners Wednesday attended the funeral of Win Tin, a giant of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, in an outpouring of grief for one of the country’s best loved champions of freedom.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats ...

Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar between 2012 and 2016, the first U.S. envoy since 1990. He is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), ...

Burma has been back in the news lately, and for all the wrong reasons. In February, the country’s military seized power from the democratically-elected government, imprisoned civilian leaders and ...

Carrying just a small bag, Mya Aye was escorted from his home in the dead of the night by Myanmar soldiers just as an internet blackout shrouded the country and a dawn coup ousted its civilian leader ...

Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on Saturday, an official said, as crowds of excited supporters waited outside her home for a glimpse of their idol. The crowd ...