He was charged with spreading propaganda on social media and viewed by the regime as “undermining the state's peace and ...

Even after his imprisonment on corruption bribery and treason charges, companies owned by the family of Lt-Gen Moe Myint Tun, ...

MANDALAY: Dr. Nay Soe Maung (pic), the son-in-law of Senior General Than Shwe (retired), was sentenced to three years in ...

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass ...

The Mawar Community Services Hub at Onan Road was officially opened by Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam. It has a ...

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty to mark the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain.

Than Shwe’s son-in-law becomes the latest victim in a long history of power struggles between ruling dictators and their ...

The unconditional release and support of all political prisoners is only the first step toward a free and democratic Myanmar, says prominent activist Bo Kyi.

Prisoners were bussed out of the Insein Prison facilityImage: Thein Zaw/AP Photo/picture alliance It was not clear whether Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was among those ordered ...

Relatives celebrate with a released prisoner outside Insein prison on Myanmar's Independence Day (AFP) They included just a small proportion of hundreds of political detainees jailed for opposing ...

The freeing of prisoners began on Saturday and in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, buses took detainees out of the Insein Prison. Many were met by loved ones who eagerly held up signs with their names.

Bangkok: An ethnic minority armed group alleged on Sunday that a Myanmar government airstrike killed 28 people, including children, and injured 25 at a temporary detention camp in western Rakhine ...