Myanmar Now interviewed an All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABSFU) official about the anti-junta opposition’s new law ...

A new law by Myanmar’s civilian legislative body promises to honor civil servants who joined the resistance—but also punish ...

To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in her life.

A member of the Pyithu Hluttaw—Myanmar’s lower house of parliament—Aung Soe Win represented the Ywangan constituency in southern Shan State’s Danu Self-Administered Zone before the military coup. He ...

Myanmar’s national parliament, known as the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union), is a bicameral legislature established by the military-drafted 2008 constitution. It mentions no upper or lower ...

The assembly is composed of the 224-seat Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities) and 440-seat Pyithu Hluttaw (House of People’s Representatives), with 25 percent of the seats reserved for the ...

Myanmar’s national parliament, known as the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union), is a bicameral legislature established by the military-drafted 2008 constitution. It mentions no upper or lower ...