With the public silenced and real opposition banned, the junta’s election is designed to cement military rule, not reflect the will of the people ...

Beijing tightens coordination with military regime after the US targets Chinese-led syndicates with a Scam Center Strike Force.

Regime spokesman Zaw Min Tun rejected the idea that the vote aims to entrench military rule, while also hinting at a leadership role for junta leader Min Aung Hlaing.

The attack, condemned as a war crime by the Arakan Army, comes as the regime steps up pre-election assaults on areas outside ...

The newly formed body’s chair, Home Affairs Minister Tun Tun Naung, insists his regime is a victim, not a perpetrator, and is doing all it can to thwart online scammers.

Also this week, the regime formed an anti-scam panel to mask its complicity, committed a major crime against humanity weeks before election, and vowed to crush ethnic resistance.

Since expanding the operation into western Myanmar on Nov. 13, 2023, the ethnic army has seized 14 out of Rakhine’s 17 townships as well as Paletwa Township in neighboring Chin State. Currently it is ...

Our editors continue their discussion of likely post-poll scenarios: will political prisoners be freed? Will junta boss Min Aung Hlaing want to stay on a president?

The military’s proxy USDP is campaigning vigorously on Facebook—the very platform the junta has blocked. But spokespeople have come up with ingenious excuses.

Myanmar’s military regime has ordered fuel importers to repay more than 540 billion kyats (US$ 257 million) by the end of January, accusing them of dollar manipulation that cost the state billions ...

The unveiling of the high-level, 16-member panel comes as the Myanmar regime faces global pressure over scam hubs run by junta-aligned militias and Border Guard units.

UN rights chief Volker Turk said the strike on Mrauk-U Hospital, which killed at least 33 people, could amount to a war crime.