Myanmar will begin its general elections on 28 December, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned ...

Myanmar's military leaders say elections will mark a return to civilian rule. But with half the country outside their control ...

A police officer takes aim at a group of protesters rallying against the military coup and demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 9, 2021.

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Here ...

Myanmar's economy is already suffering due to COVID-19. Analysts say an imposition of broad economic sanctions in response to the coup could harm the country and result in greater Chinese influence.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken captured the throughline from Myanmar military’s atrocities against Rohingya in 2017 to post-coup situation, in the genocide designation.

Myanmar Coup Latest: Aung San Suu Kyi faces charges over 'illegal' walkie-talkies, Facebook ban enforced, protests emerge If convicted, she'd be barred from standing in the general election in a year.

Myanmar was under military rule for five decades after a 1962 coup, and Suu Kyi’s five years as leader had been its most democratic period, despite continued use of repressive colonial-era laws.

Myanmar’s military seized control in a coup Monday, detaining the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her top deputies during early-morning raids.

Myanmar urgently needs vaccines and an equitable economic recovery (not a coup),” he tweeted. Times staff writer Tracy Wilkinson in Washington contributed to this report.

With large parts of the country under opposition control amid an ongoing civil war, analysts warn that election logistics could prove challenging.