At the first meeting of the junta’s State Security and Peace Commission, Min Aung Hlaing ordered swift trials for ‘disruptors’ and a military push to expand voting areas.

The authorities also detained dozens of soldiers and accused ‘foreign states’ of trying to destabilise the country.

As evidence mounts of intensifying atrocities, including the torture of children, being committed in Myanmar, the country’s ...

The junta’s election commission says it will hold December polls even in towns and regions it no longer controls, including ...

UN investigators say they have recorded "systematic" torture in Myanmar's military-run detention facilities including ...

A nighttime bombing leveled a residential area near a monastery in the ruby-mining town, with search teams still recovering ...

Describing the brutal tactics used by the military junta in an April interview with NHK, UN Rapporteur Tom Andrews painted a stark picture. "It's a matter of not only attacking villages, killing ...

Myanmar's junta has kept up a deadly military campaign, including airstrikes and artillery assaults, despite announcing a ceasefire after a major earthquake killed thousands in March, according to ...

“The junta is actively collapsing right now and that’s only become possible because there is this wider effort across the country,” said Matthew Arnold, an independent Myanmar analyst.

The junta’s leader is Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, 66, the head of the army, who had been set to retire before the coup. He has long been Ms. Aung Suu Kyi’s adversary.

Mobye, in Southern Shan State, is one of several towns recaptured by Myanmar junta counteroffensives this month. A strategic gateway linking Karenni State on the eastern border with the junta’s ...

The junta’s interference in relief operations has disregarded calls for unhindered aid delivery by the UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council, and Security Council, the European Parliament ...