Civil society groups have long opposed the hydropower project due to its potential to cause flooding and environmental damage ...

Nearly five years after it seized power, Myanmar's military is moving ahead with a multi-phase general election starting on ...

Voters trickled to Myanmar's heavily restricted polls on Sunday, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as a return to ...

Myanmar's military has ruled the country for most of its post-independence history, presenting itself as the only force capable of guarding the fractious Southeast Asian nation from rupture and ruin.

Myanmar's junta presides over elections starting on Sunday, advertising the vote as a return to democratic normality five ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's new military rulers signaled their intention to crack down on opponents of their takeover, issuing decrees that effectively banned peaceful public protests in the ...

Resistance to the military is growing following the February’s coup, but the international community is running out of options to help restore democracy in Myanmar. “I think the scale of the protests ...

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Nine protesters were killed and 11 wounded in Myanmar's main city on Thursday in a crackdown on the biggest anti-junta demonstrations in nearly 20 years, state television said ...

Protests have turned deadly since the military seized power on Feb. 1. YouTube said Friday it has removed videos and channels associated with Myanmar's military after protests over an apparent coup ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- About 20,000 protesters led by Buddhist monks and nuns on Sunday mounted the largest anti-government protest in Myanmar since a failed 1988 democratic uprising, shouting support for ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of Indonesians, angered over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, protested Thursday outside the Myanmar Embassy in the Indonesian capital. Jakarta police ...