Industry leaders believe that if political conditions stabilize, Myanmar could drive sustained double-digit growth over the next decade.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Myanmar Junta has announced that it will hold the long-promised elections beginning on December 28, 2025. According to Al Jazeera report, the Union Election Commission declared on Monday, August 18, that the elections will be held in phases.

Warehouses in Sagaing Region’s commercial hub now shelter war refugees instead of crops, as the coup-era economy collapses

Y ANGON: Myanmar and Thailand’s busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day today after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a disputed December election.

A police officer takes aim at a group of protesters rallying against the military coup and demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 9, 2021.

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Here, one of our correspondents who must remain anonymous offers her perspective on circumstances and events in Myanmar two years after the military coup. The text has only been lightly edited to ...

Myanmar was under military rule for five decades after a 1962 coup, and Suu Kyi’s five years as leader had been its most democratic period, despite continued use of repressive colonial-era laws.

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to Myanmar's streets to protest the Feb. 1 military coup d ‘etat and brutal violence against civilians. At least 1,459 people have been killed.

Myanmar is set to hold the first phase of its general election on December 28, amid international criticism of it being skewed in favor of the military regime. With 55 political parties registered, the elections lack participation from anti-junta groups,