On Friday, legislators from the main union Solidarity and Development Party and armed forces appointed from military quotas endorsed Min Aung Hlaing, with the former commander-in-chief winning the vote by a landslide. Despite initially trailing retired general and junta Prime Minister Nyo Saw, Min Aung Hlaing took the lead, garnering 429 votes to Nyo Saw’s […]
The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal against six corruption convictions, according to media reports. Suu Kyi, who has been detained since the military toppled her government in a 2021 coup, faces up to 27 years in prison. She is appealing dozens of convictions for crimes […]
Suu Kyi is currently imprisoned in a compound in the capital Naypyidaw, close to the court where her trial is underway, and has been denied her domestic staff and pet dog Taechido. “I seriously doubt the junta will release him from prison, at least until the 2023 elections are over,” said Hwe Hwet Thein, an […]
The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years to demand an end to the violence and urge the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar has been in crisis since the military seized power from Suu Kyi’s elected government on […]