An illegal saw mill at Tamu in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region. Credit: Special Arrangement Timber smuggling from Myanmar to India has escalated with long-term adverse consequences for the region, which is ...

The meeting follows a controversial multi-phase election that was dominated by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party. Myanmar’s parliament met yesterday for the first time since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the Myanmar Military True News Information Team, newly commissioned aircraft are seen at an airbase in ...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Myanmar opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years on Monday following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling ...

Lawmakers meet after lopsided election won by army-backed party Leader of army-backed party chosen as house speaker Legislature certain to be under military's control, analyst says March 16 (Reuters) ...

Analysts, rebels see new brand of federalism emerging, our correspondent reports from Thai-Myanmar border town of Mae Sot Military chief Min Aung Hlaing (back C) watches a voter ink their finger as he ...

March 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar's new parliament selected the chairman of ‌the army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party as speaker of ⁠the lower house on Monday. Khin Yi, a retired brigadier ...

A UN special rapporteur on Friday called on the UN Human Rights Council to increase human rights safeguards in junta-controlled Myanmar, contending that the cost of international inaction is a death ...

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NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's parliament convened for the first time in over five years on Monday, following a controversial election that excluded significant opposition parties. The military, ...

This statement was delivered by Human Rights Watch at the 61st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human ...