The pro-democracy revolution has become a long-term struggle, with fighters who joined years ago increasingly questioning ...

Quote of the Day by Aung San Suu Kyi argues that fear shapes choices for leaders and ordinary people alike. Aung San Suu ...

A vital part of the movement has always been international advocacy, which kept the issue alive before the eyes of the world ...

Almost everyone in Myanmar wants democracy, yet few have considered what kind of democracy best aligns with the country’s political realities. Myanmar has endured decades of political instability, ...

The democracy movement in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has for decades found powerful champions in the Republican Party. President George W. Bush introduced, then expanded, wide-ranging ...

The history of Myanmar’s democracy and rights movement after 1988 is colorful and fascinating—so why has it not been written? asks David Scott Mathieson.

The U.N.'s refugee agency warns more than 500 Rohingya refugees are missing and feared dead, after a pair of boats capsized ...

At least 4,400 people have been killed in the military's crackdown on dissent since the coup, according to local monitoring group Members of the Mandalay People’s Defense Forces (MDY-PDF) at a ...

Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar between 2012 and 2016, the first U.S. envoy since 1990. He is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), ...

Statues of independence hero Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both ...

Thousands of mourners Wednesday attended the funeral of Win Tin, a giant of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, in an outpouring of grief for one of the country’s best loved champions of freedom.

The announcer on Burmese state television only had two sentences to offer, but they were supposed to herald good news. On May 10th, he declared, Burma would hold a constitutional referendum, giving ...