Karenni Nationalities Defence Force chairman Khun Bedu tells The Irrawaddy that victory feels within his grasp this year.

While others shouted “Happy New Year!” I could only murmur, “Min Aung Hlaing, Mother F…”—a curse widely used against the ...

Myanmar's embattled junta government on Saturday said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day. The military has arrested ...

Myanmar's military government will release 5864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the Southeast Asian nation's independence day, state media says.

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence ...

Military-ruled Myanmar, already notorious for cracking down on free speech, has enacted a new cybersecurity law with wide-ranging controls on the flow of information, according to a text of the ...

The man accused of hurling vile abuse towards Matt Lucas has appeared in court. The comedian, an avid Arsenal fan shared on Twitter last year that while heading to a match against Everton when he ...

The beauty in this corner of Shan state, in north-eastern Myanmar, might seem to be a respite from the country’s brutal civil war. Instead, the blooms are a symptom: It is all opium poppy in ...

“People in Power,” as the song’s title translates in English, has become the unofficial anthem of a mass uprising that has consumed this southern African nation over the past few ...