Even today, observers still speculate about the military’s power grab, looking for subtler motives—but it really was a primitive as it looked, says Bertil Lintner.

U Win Myint is a close ally of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader. Both were forced from power by the ...

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

Myanmar's parliament will hold a bicameral vote to elect a president on Friday (Apr 3), House Speaker Aung Lin Dwe said on Thursday, with the country's former military chief and junta leader Min Aung ...

NAYPYITAW – Myanmar’s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was elected a vice-president by the Lower House on March 31, Parliament officials said, with the coup leader edging closer to becoming ...

Myanmar's junta chief was set to assume the role of president after former intelligence chief Ye Win Oo was picked Monday as the new military chief, succeeding Min Aung Hlaing. Ye Win Oo was appointed ...

Louise Erdrich was getting help with her computer when her daughter discovered something on the hard drive. A short story. “‘Love of My Days’ was a forgotten file in my computer, and when I found it ...

Myanmar’s ageing railway stations are bustling with life, crowded with passengers as surging fuel prices due to the Middle East war drive commuters to choose trains over costly planes and cars. On a ...

Myanmar's military leadership is set for a reshuffle following an annual armed forces parade on Friday (Mar 27), state media reported, in a rare public signalling of transition by the secretive ...

Myanmar military ruler General Min Aung Hlaing’s apparent bid to assume the presidency in coming weeks has left its people, rights activists, and even Buddhist monks disillusioned and skeptical about ...

In my Boston Globe review of Louise Erdrich’s 2016 novel “LaRose,” I described her as “an artist of the liminal.” “Python’s Kiss,” Erdrich’s new collection of stories written over 20 years, testifies ...