State-run MRTV television reported that Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, granted amnesties covering 5,864 prisoners from Myanmar, as well as 180 foreigners who will be deported. Mass prisoner releases are common on ...

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain on Saturday.

While others shouted “Happy New Year!” I could only murmur, “Min Aung Hlaing, Mother F…”—a curse widely used against the junta boss in Myanmar. For Myanmar people, 2025 begins with little to be happy about.

"Myanmar’s military regime struggled harder to maintain a charade of normalcy this year as its territorial control shrank in the face of relentless resistance advances."

Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, granted amnesty to 5,864 prisoners from Myanmar, as well as 180 foreigners who will be deported. Mass prisoner releases are common on holidays ...

While the amnesty included around 600 political prisoners, it should not be taken as a sign of conciliation on the part of the military.

Myanmar’s military government on Saturday announced a mass amnesty to release over 6,000 prisoners, marking the 77th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain. It remains unclear whether political prisoners,

Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, granted amnesties covering 5,864 prisoners from Myanmar, as well as 180 foreigners who will be deported. Mass prisoner releases are common on ...

Also this week, the Air Force chief urged escalation of a campaign that has killed over 1,000 civilians, and the cash-strapped regime went begging for investment in Hong Kong.

A protester holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon on Feb. 15, 2021. (Photo: AFP) Earlier this week,

Myanmar remains one of the region’s most pressing challenges, demanding ASEAN’s collective attention and decisive action to uphold its founding principles of democracy, human rights, constitutional government and regional stability, as enshrined in its charter.

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