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ASEAN diplomats discuss ‘ways forward’ on Myanmar peace efforts

CEBU CITY — Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Theresa Lazaro on Wednesday held discussions with Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) counterparts during...

Myanmar pro-military party declares victory

YANGON — Myanmar’s dominant pro-military party has won junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after a month-long vote that democracy watchdogs...

Final round of Myanmar vote set to seal junta ally’s victory

MANDALAY – Myanmar opened the final round of its month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide in...

ICJ genocide case ‘flawed and unfounded’

YANGON – An international court case against Myanmar for genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority is “flawed and unfounded,” Yangon’s foreign ministry said...

Top UN court to hear Rohingya genocide case

THE HAGUE – Did Myanmar commit genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority? That’s what judges at the International Court of Justice will weigh during three...

Myanmar party claims Suu Kyi’s seat in election

YANGON – Myanmar’s main pro-military party on Monday claimed victory in the parliamentary seat of sidelined democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in elections...

Myanmar votes in 2nd phase of junta-run election

KAWHMU – Myanmar’s junta opened polls on Sunday in the second phase of elections, continuing a vote democracy watchdogs say is letting the military...

Myanmar to free over 6,000 prisoners in amnesty

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta said on Sunday it would release more than 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country’s...

Myanmar pro-military party ‘winning’ poll

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – Myanmar’s dominant pro-military party is “winning a majority” in the first phase of junta-run elections, a party source told AFP Monday,...

Myanmar junta stages election after 5 years; diplomats condemn voting

YANGON – A trickle of voters made their way to Myanmar’s heavily restricted polls on Sunday, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as...

Getting Ready

Members of Myanmar’s Union Election Commission (UEC) prepare a voting station a day before the start of Myanmar’s general election in Yangon on Saturday,...

Junta stages polls after 5 years

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta is set to preside over voting starting Sunday, touting heavily restricted polls as a return to democracy five years after...

Junta denies killing civilians in hospital strike

Yangon—Myanmar’s military junta denied on Saturday killing civilians in a hospital air strike that left more than 30 people dead. A military jet bombed late...

Myanmar junta air strike kills 31, says worker

MRAUK U, Myanmar – A Myanmar military air strike killed 31 people at a hospital, an on-site aid worker said Thursday, as the junta...
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