Min Aung Hlaing

Critics say that the military regime's election plans are intended to enshrine military rule behind a civilian façade.

The Malaysian leader says that he will push for an extension of the junta's ceasefire in order to facilitate earthquake recovery efforts.

The biggest obstacle to the election will not be damage from the disaster but rather the fraught political position that prevails in much of the country.

The ceasefire, which will run until April 22, follows similar announcements from major ethnic rebel groups.

The country's civil war has hampered relief efforts, while junta controls have made it hard to gauge the quake's impact in remote regions.

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has promised to transfer power to whoever wins the election, but there are many reasons to be skeptical.

The trip to Thailand for the 6th BIMSTEC Summit would be Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing's first to an ASEAN member state since 2021.

Sanctioned and isolated by the West, the two nations are moving to develop their currently negligible trade and investment ties.

Isolated and sanctioned by the West, the two nations continue to move into closer diplomatic and strategic alignment.

Facing Western sanctions and opprobrium, Naypyidaw and Moscow have strengthened their cooperation in both the economic and security spheres.

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military's long-promised election, but conditions in the country are not propitious.

An overhaul in ASEAN’s approach to Myanmar is clearly needed, but tilting toward the junta is the exact wrong direction.