YANGON-Myanmar’s junta on July 31 extended the state of emergency by six months, again delaying fresh polls it has promised to hold as it battles opposition to its coup. The South-east Asian nation has been in turmoil since the February 2021 coup, which ended a 10-year experiment with democracy and sparked mass protests and a crackdown on dissent. Three and a half years later, the junta is struggling to crush widespread armed opposition and recently suffered a series of stunning losses to an all

YANGON-China has promised technical support and aid to military-run Myanmar for conducting a census, followed by an election, said state media on Aug 15, signalling Beijing’s backing for a junta that has been cornered by an armed rebellion and is steadily losing ground. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met junta leader Min Aung Hlaing on Aug 14 during a visit to the capital Naypyitaw where they held discussions to conduct an “ all-inclusive election ”, reported Global New Light Of Myanmar newspa

YANGON-China’s special envoy met Myanmar’s junta chief for talks on “ peace and stability ” along their shared border, Myanmar state media reported on Aug 9, days after ethnic rebels seized a regional military command. Myanmar’s northern Shan state has been the site of repeated clashes since late June after ethnic rebel groups renewed an offensive against the military along a vital trade highway to China. Junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing discussed “ internal peace processes in Myanmar, peace

YANGON-Myanmar’s embattled junta chief arrived in China on Nov 5 – his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 – but analysts say the invitation is only a lukewarm endorsement from his key ally and could backfire. General Min Aung Hlaing was in the south-western city of Kunming for a summit of the Greater Mekong Subregion( GMS) – a group including China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia – from Nov 6. The junta shared photos of the senior general addressing a gathering of C

A man raises his hand after walking out of Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 30, 2021.... Buses took prisoners out of Yangon's Insein Prison, where friends and families of detainees had waited since morning for the announced releases.... Zaw Zaw, head of the Yangon Region's Prison Department, confirmed that more than 720 people were released from the prison, which for decades has been the main facility for political prisoners....