Myanmar’s parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Min Aung Hlaing as the country’s new president. He's the general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi ...

Myanmar’s ruling general elected as President, keeping army in charge

Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 ...
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UN Special Representative Pramila Patten Calls for Accountability as Sexual Violence Continues Five Years After Myanmar Military Seized Power

New York, 2 February 2026: Five years since the Myanmar military seized power from the democratically elected Government in Myanmar, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General ...
Asia Society

Military Elections Will Not Resolve Myanmar’s Deeper Problems

Since taking power in an unconstitutional coup in February 2021, Myanmar’s military has continually renewed a state of emergency and pledged to return the country to democracy by holding multiparty ...
WSB-TV

Hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya opens at top UN court

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Myanmar heard accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings began on ...
Cfr.org

Myanmar’s Junta-Led Election Is Neither Free nor Fair

It is a contest that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), essentially the military party, is guaranteed to win. A USDP victory is likely to make Senior General Min Aung ...
Human Rights Watch

Myanmar: Critical Hearings in Rohingya Genocide Case

(The Hague) – International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in the Myanmar genocide case highlight the need for justice for the ethnic Rohingya, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, Global Justice Center ...
Reuters

World Court to hear Myanmar genocide case in January

Gambia, Myanmar to present arguments from January 12 to 29 Court sets rare closed‑door witness hearings Ruling may guide future genocide cases, including Gaza THE HAGUE, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The ...
PBS

Myanmar has declared a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for cyberscams, but the fraud goes on

It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that ...
SFGate

Myanmar military air strike on a tea shop kills 18 watching a football match on TV

BANGKOK (AP) — An air strike last week by Myanmar’s military on a tea shop in the country’s upper-central region of Sagaing killed at least 18 civilians and wounded 20 others, a local villager and ...
IFEX

Myanmar: Junta launches fresh attacks on media and election rights

A new election law imposes harsh criminal penalties for "any speech, organising, inciting, protesting, or distributing leaflets in order to destroy a part of the electoral process." This statement was ...
PBS

Myanmar's military says it has raided a second major online scam center

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used ...