Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a ...

More than 500 Myanmar opposition guerrillas surrendered to the junta, the military said, with AFP journalists witnessing a disarming ceremony that one resistance faction suggested was a propaganda ...

Myanmar's parliament is set to convene Monday for the first time since a military coup five years ago, packed with pro-junta ...

Myanmar’s military leader on Monday pardoned more than 10,000 prisoners in a mass amnesty ahead of parliament’s reopening, though there was no indication that Aung San Suu Kyi was among them. The ...

New parliament opens for the first time since the 2021 coup after elections that excluded major opposition parties.

India, March 17 -- Myanmar opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years on Monday following an election ...

Myanmar's parliament reconvened for the first time in over five years, dominated by military representatives following elections that excluded major opposition parties.

Myanmar's military junta granted amnesty on Monday to more than 7,000 prisoners convicted of financing or sheltering a ...

Myanmar's state-run media say the country's newly elected parliament will convene for its first session next month, following an election that critics said was neither free nor fair.

A raft of political prisoners were freed after being convicted under the scattergun law of “harboring or financing” terrorists, but senior democratic figures remain in jail.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains in detention after she was ousted and her hugely popular party was unable to ...

March 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a coup five years ago, in one of the ...