The junta said there would be an extension of the armistice – which expired May 31 – until June 30. Read more at straitstimes ...

Myanmar’s junta has extended a post-earthquake truce, after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of ...

Aung San Suu Kyi served as Myanmar's top civilian ... and political prisoner whose release is demanded by both the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council. However, this is precisely ...

As part of our 'Stories That Shaped Us' series, to mark the 35th anniversary of the 1990 election, The Irrawaddy revisits a ...

A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar’s military has been shot dead by a self-proclaimed urban guerrilla group near his ...

Separate talks with Myanmar's junta leader and his key rivals have borne fruit, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said, ...

The Southeast Asian grouping ASEAN will hold two meetings specifically on the civil war in army-ruled Myanmar ahead of its ...

It is rare for an international arrest warrant to be issued against a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and political prisoner whose release is demanded by both the UN General Assembly and ... court asked ...

The junta is headed by a widely reviled army chief who overthrew the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and installed ... devastation, the general moved rapidly to bolster ...

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan urges ASEAN to support expanding ceasefire beyond the currently affected zone.