As the junta prepares for heavily rigged polls to be held in parts of the country, Bertil Lintner looks back at Myanmar’s troubled record of elections—which have rarely been free or fair.

NEW YORK (NEWS10) — Nearly two years have passed since the military coup in Myanmar. Burmese civilian forces continue to fight against the rule of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his junta. While ...

Heckler & Koch firearms have played an unheralded and destructive role in the civil wars that have consumed the country since its independence. History suggests that resistance will not end when the ...

My fascination with Myanmar began during former diplomat Kwon Byong-hyon's tenure as the Korean ambassador to Myanmar from 1987 to 1989. Later, he also served as the Korean ambassador to Australia and ...

Myanmar’s civil war has been one of the most complex and enduring conflicts in the history of modern warfare. It is a tragic saga defined by ethnic strife, authoritarian rule, civil dissent, and ...

Sunset gathering at the ancient Shwedagon Pagoda, which have been a key meeting place in Yangon (and Burma!) for thousands of year. Cartdrivers close to the red pagoda of Mingun, upstream along the ...

The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U, Atlantic Books, £18.99 A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burma by David Eimer, Bloomsbury ...

Myo Min Htun, who is bidding to be elected as Myanmar's first openly gay lawmaker next month, knows what discrimination feels ...

Myanmar's jade industry is worth far more than previously thought and could be "the biggest natural resource heist in modern history," according to a new report published Friday. The report, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover international security, conflict, history and aviation. On Monday morning, soldiers from Myanmar’s armed forces, the ...

Myanmar's military has given the go-ahead for a local company to own most of Norwegian telco Telenor's operations in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (NEWS10) — Nearly two years have ...