Min Aung Hlaing

Myanmar army blocks Facebook as first street protest erupts since coup

At least three people arrested at the first street protest against this week’s military ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected administration. The arrests were confirmed by student activists from three groups based in Mandalay and Yangon.

Myanmar charges Suu Kyi for illegal walkie-talkies amid opposition

Statement issued in the name of executive members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party says authorities began raiding their offices in Mandalay and other regions and seized documents and laptop computers.

Myanmar military junta plans probe of last year's election won by Suu Kyi

At the first meeting of his new cabinet, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said a board would examine voting data. The army ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government over alleged electoral irregularities that state authorities said did not happen.

Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers remain under house arrest after coup

Following a military coup that saw the country's democratically elected leaders arrested, phone and internet connections were disrupted in the main city Yangon and the capital Naypyitaw and some other parts of the country.

Explained: the coup in Myanmar and its political ramifications

The army seized power in a coup on Monday, but the military’s shadow has been influencing the country’s politics for a long time.

US bans Myanmar army chief over Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing'

Washington announces sanctions against Myanmar military's Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other leaders for extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims, barring them from entry to US.

More bodies recovered from Myanmar plane crash scene

Improved weather in the Andaman Sea has prompted the deployment of more naval vessels and led to the the recovery of at least 76 bodies.