To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

(Reuters) - Myanmar said its 2024 census found a population of 51.3 million, slightly smaller than 10 years ago, as the junta prepares for promised elections amid ongoing conflict and unrest ...

Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.

Myanmar's military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections ...

Myanmar's ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government announced Tuesday that provisional results of a census taken in October put the Southeast Asian nation’s population at about 51.3 million ...

The U.N. Population Fund, the major collaborator in the previous census in 2014, announced in late 2023 that it was unable to support the 2024 census due to Myanmar’s political strife and conflict.

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

Myanmar said its 2024 census found a population of 51.3 million, slightly smaller than 10 years ago, as the junta prepares for promised elections amid ongoing conflict and unrest across the country, ...