Six months have elapsed since the elections were held in Myanmar, which subsequently ended direct military rule and reintroduced limited democracy as envisaged in the 2008 constitution. Over 100 days ...

BANGKOK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - After more than five years of fighting, a rare window for talks over Myanmar's devastating civil war is appearing, driven by a shift on the battlefield where the military ...

GENEVA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military stepped up aerial attacks on civilians before an election held last December and January, and all sides in the country's ‌civil war committed war crimes ...

Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing has arrived on an official visit to Thailand, his first since he launched the coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in 2021. The coup ignited ...

India and Myanmar are engaged in discussions to resolve an undemarcated stretch of their shared border in Manipur, with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirming that talks are underway on ...

“Myanmar expressed its appreciation for Thailand’s constructive role in facilitating the normalisation of its relations with ASEAN,” the statement added. This follows Myanmar president Min Aung Hlaing ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-backed government has rejected the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ renewed call for the unconditional release of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ...

At least 30,000 residents in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region are grappling with severe flooding as armed conflict, fuel shortages and crop losses deepen threats to livelihoods and food security. At the ...

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BANGKOK – Myanmar’s junta chief turned President Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand on Aug 6, as Bangkok makes a push for re-engagement between its war-torn neighbour and the ...

BANGKOK — The head of Myanmar’s military-backed government arrived in Thailand on Thursday for an official visit that could serve as a major steppingstone in his effort to win political legitimacy ...