Anadolu Ajansi

Myanmar’s former junta chief elected president by parliament

Former Burmese military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was elected Myanmar’s 11th president on Friday after winning more than half the votes in parliament. Lawmakers in the Union Parliament in the ...
Human Rights Watch

Myanmar Expels Timor-Leste Diplomat over War Crimes Case

On February 13, Myanmar’s military junta ordered the head of Timor-Leste’s Embassy in Yangon to leave the country within seven days. The expulsion comes after Timorese authorities opened legal ...
People

Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

Adrienne Hankin, public relations director for tech company Mindscape told the 'New York Times' in 1998: "Mavis is the Betty Crocker of software" Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She ...
Yahoo

Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

But who is the woman behind the program? As Adrienne Hankin, public relations director for tech company Mindscape, told the New York Times in 1998: "Mavis is the Betty Crocker of software" Though the ...
The New York Times

Years After Coup, Myanmar’s Government in Exile Teeters on Irrelevance

The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to achieve most of its goals. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Yangon, Myanmar After ...
consilium.europa

Myanmar: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the fifth anniversary of the coup

Five years on from the military coup, condemned by the European Union, that followed the last free and fair elections, Myanmar continues to face relentless conflict, which is inflicting continuous ...
The Washington Post

Long-standing GOP support for democracy in Myanmar crumbles under Trump

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 ...
Mongabay

Myanmar’s botanical data gaps risk its unique flora, collaborations could help, study says

Home to snowcapped mountains, drought-prone savannas and tropical rainforests, Myanmar hosts tremendous botanical diversity among its richly varied habitats. There are 864 known plant species that are ...
PBS

Myanmar holds 2nd round of voting in country's 1st general election since military takeover

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships including some ...
Foreign Policy

A Rigged Election Is No Reason to Reengage Myanmar

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Argument: A Rigged Election Is No Reason to Reengage ...
NBC News

Myanmar's military government releases more than 6,100 prisoners on independence anniversary

BANGKOK — Myanmar's military government granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and reduced other inmates' sentences Sunday to mark the 78th anniversary of the country's independence from Britain ...
CNBC

Military-backed party in Myanmar takes lead in first phase of polls

Myanmar's military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed, in the first vote since ...