The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) led by Thein Sein, the Burmese prime minister, has outlined a wide range of tactics—including the use of cadres of hardcore criminals—aimed at achievi
On this day in 1945, people from all walks of life rose up against Japanese overlords who had failed to keep their promise to grant Myanmar full independence after three years of occupation. Orchestra
 The country's ruling junta has yet to announce the date for the polls, the first since 1990 w
![Thu Wai, the chairman of the Democratic Party, talks to the media alongside vice-chairpersons Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein (L) and Nay Yee Ba Swe (R) at the opening of the party headquarters in eastern Rangoo
![Members and senior leaders of Burmese junta-back the Union Solidarity and Development Party chant "Must win a victory! Must win a victory!" during the opening of the party headquarters in Rangoon. (
![Members of National League for Democracy party read journals under portraits of the country's martyrs, including Gen Aung San (4th L) founder of Burma Army and father of Aung San Suu Kyi, in their h