Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi will win a second term, but real progress on ending Myanmar's cycle of conflict will require deeper reforms.

Sunday's vote will likely deliver a government with a strong popular mandate – a rarity in mainland Southeast Asia – but ethnic minorities will be left out in the cold.

The move is most likely a desperate attempt to influence the result of this weekend's national election.

Myanmar's electoral system concentrates power in the hands of the Burman majority, the root cause of decades of civil conflict.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s dangerous gamble to push ahead with a controversial election as a second wave of COVID-19 hits Myanmar hard. 

As in 2015, more than a million Rohingya Muslims will be unable to cast a vote in the upcoming polls.

Anti-migrant -- and especially anti-Rohingya and anti-Rakhine -- sentiments are undermining efforts to control the pandemic.

The graphic videotaped admissions mark a step towards international accountability – but there is a long way to go.

The virus is likely to have unpredictable impacts on the poll, Myanmar's second free election since its transition from military rule.

Yang Jiechi's visit is a sign of the complications China faces in advancing its strategic interests in Myanmar.

The popular leader of the National League for Democracy will seek another term for her party, five years after its historic victory.