The Indian Government has asked two experienced election commission officials and its envoy in Myanmar to observe the elections that are taking place in the country on Sunday.

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Myanmar's journalists will take to Twitter and Facebook in their battle to beat press restrictions and deliver breaking news of tomorrow's by-elections that for many will be the biggest story of their

As Myanmar prepares to vote in only its third election in 50 years, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party faces a challenge that seems at odds with her global celebrity and long fight for democra

More than two decades after its stolen election win, Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party is set for a dramatic political comeback in Myanmar polls which could herald an easing of sanctions.

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A leading dissident Buddhist monk who was among hundreds of political prisoners released last month is to face trial in Myanmar, state media said on Sunday.

Gambira ‘will have to face the charges of

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will on Saturday begin campaigning in the constituency near Yangon where she is standing for parliament after years of official marginalisation.

The democ

The United States on Friday urged the authorities in Myanmar to release a prominent Buddhist monk who was one of the leaders of a 2007 anti-government uprising.

"We are deeply concerned that the Burm

Myanmar pardoned a number of prominent dissidents and a former premier on Friday under a new prisoner amnesty, intensifying a surprising series of reforms by the army-backed regime.

The release of hu

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is readying to run for a seat in the country's Parliament, has said her nation is on the verge of a 'breakthrough' to democracy. The Nobel laureate

"A large pre-dawn explosion at a warehouse in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on thursday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens but was not caused by a bomb," an official said.

"It was not a bo