Al Jazeera visits liberated area in Karen State where establishing a civil administration is the next task for fighters.

Foreigners among 6,000 prisoners to be freed under Myanmar junta’s annual amnesty - There was no indication that Aung San Suu ...

The military takeover in Myanmar has set its economy back years, if not decades, as political unrest and violence disrupt banking, trade and livelihoods and millions slide deeper into poverty.

On Dec. 20, there was a meeting of all representatives of ASEAN countries, except Myanmar because junta political appointees usually have been barred from attending high-level meetings of the bloc ...

Myanmar political prisoner Kyaw Min Yu (C), known as Jimmy, and his wife Ni Lar Thein (L) holding her child, both members of the 88 Generation student group, celebrate upon their arrival at Yangon ...

They included just a small proportion of hundreds of political ... capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar’s military government ...

Predictions that the junta will fall are premature, and even if it does fall, what comes after could be even worse, says David Scott Mathieson.

Large-scale prisoner releases are customary in Myanmar during national holidays and important events. Since the coup, 28,096 people have been arrested on political charges, with 21,499 still detained.

YANGON/BANGKOK (dpa): Myanmar's military junta has granted amnesty to 5,864 prisoners across the country, including around 600 political detainees, a spokesman has announced. The amnesty was ...

Nang Mwe San, a model and former doctor, had been charged two weeks ago for "harming culture and dignity ... prison and the largest in Myanmar - where many political prisoners have been sent ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s ruling military council on May 3 said it was releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture. Thousands more remain imprisoned on charges generally ...