More than 4,500 prisoners in Myanmar have been granted amnesty and others have had their sentences reduced under a pardon ...

Min Aung Hlaing, the army chief who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government five years ago, has been sworn in as ...

U Min Aung Hlaing’s elevation to the civilian post is the conclusion of elections in the country, which were stage managed by ...

Traffic in Yangon moves much faster on even-numbered dates. That is when, as a result of fuel-saving measures introduced this month, only cars with licence plates beginning 2, 4, 6 or 8 can drive ...

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as commander in chief and is expected to be installed as the next civilian leader of the country by its rubber-stamp Parliament.

Myanmar military ruler General Min Aung Hlaing’s apparent bid to assume the presidency in coming weeks has left its people, rights activists, and even Buddhist monks disillusioned and skeptical about ...

The 69-year-old general orchestrated a 2021 coup against the administration of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking widespread protests.

The Irrawaddy revisits a 2022 profile of Min Aung Hlaing confidant and ex-junta PM Nyo Saw, who was elected a vice-president ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as ...

Myanmar's pro-military lawmakers elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president on Friday, with the ex-armed forces commander set to maintain his rule in a civilian guise after snatching power by ...