News Myanmar Politics: US-Myanmar Policy Under Trump in the Spotlight With New Sanctions
including Naypyidaw’s alignments with major powers such as China and Japan as well as domestic politics in Myanmar leading up to presidential elections expected next year. Nonetheless ...
News Myanmar Politics: Myanmar protests demand military loosen grip on politics
Protesters in Myanmar called for the military to loosen its grip on politics Wednesday, as tensions mount over the country's army-drafted constitution ahead of national elections next year. The 2008 ...
News Myanmar Politics: U.S. imposes travel restrictions on Myanmar military leaders over ‘atrocities’
But it has so far declined to take action against Min Aung Hlaing, who holds significant political sway in the country. He leads the military, which controls a quarter of Myanmar's parliament, and ...
News Myanmar Politics: OPINION: Myanmar is confiscating land that people depend on
The political wing of the Karen National Liberation Army, in eastern Myanmar, has called for the abolition of the amendments, claiming they violate the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. U Maw Shay ...
News Myanmar Politics: Myanmar: Military commits war crimes in latest operation in Rakhine State
While ethnic Rakhine communities have long fostered political grievances against Myanmar’s central government, the AA is led by a younger generation of ethnic Rakhine nationalists. Today the AA is ...
News Myanmar Politics: Internal politics stopped India’s invite to Modi's swearing-in: Pak FM
Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. An Indian government statement on Monday said the leaders of Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Bhutan — all members of the Bay ...
News Myanmar Politics: Myanmar pardons prisoners but Reuters journalists not included
On Monday, the military-controlled Home Affairs Ministry said that there are no political prisoners in Myanmar, but that people jailed are in prison under the country's existing laws and penal code ...
News Myanmar Politics: In Rohingya camps, a political awakening faces a backlash
ARSA was among Mohib Ullah and ARSPH’s antagonists, the leader said. Mohib Ullah was involved in local politics back in Myanmar, drawing accusations from opponents that he worked too closely with the ...
News Myanmar Politics: Myanmar pardons nearly 7,000 prisoners in second amnesty this month
Myanmar's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of the journalists, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, and upheld their seven-year prison sentences. The Assistance Association for ...
News Myanmar Politics: Myanmar: Surge in Arrests for Critical Speech
The recent upswing in arrests of satirical performers, political activists, and journalists reflects the rapid decline in freedom of expression in Myanmar under the National League for Democracy (NLD) ...
