Myanmar junta

The holiday amnesty is designed to depict the military administration as beneficent, and hence politically legitimate.

The call came as the death toll from last week's airstrike on Kanbalu township rose to 168.

The current Western approach may be pushing tycoons and senior officials into the military's arms. Better to entice them in the other direction.

In the wake of World War II, the world made a promise "never again" to stand aloof from mass atrocities. That commitment is on the line in Myanmar.

The attack is part of the military government's escalating use of air strikes to smash the growing resistance to its rule.

Casino targeted as displaced civilians find sanctuary in Thailand.

The country is in the grips of a nationwide struggle between two groups, neither of which is in any frame of mind to seek a peaceful political solution.

Aside from further embittering the population toward the military junta, the disbanding of the former ruling party is unlikely to have much impact on Myanmar's downward trajectory.

Non-state welfare is playing a crucial role in sustaining the country’s democratic struggle.

The latest round of sanctions aims to cut off the Myanmar military's access to aviation fuel, following a series of deadly airstrikes on civilian populations.

A leaked email from the U.N. resident coordinator in Myanmar reveals that U.N. boats were used to transport junta officials to Bangladesh last week.

There is mounting evidence that the military administration has lost its hold on the country.