FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing participates in a parade commemorating the 81st Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo ...

Min Aung Hlaing has been sanctioned by many Western countries for leading a military coup five years ago Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing has been nominated for the presidency as parliament ...

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 military in a 2021 coup and imprisoned. By Richard C. Paddock Myanmar’s generals ...

Just seven days after he made the fateful decision to launch his coup against the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February 2021, General Min Aung Hlaing made a promise; to hold elections, ...

March 30 (UPI) --Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the junta that has ruled Myanmar since seizing power in a military coup in 2021, was expected to be confirmed as president-elect on Monday by parliament ...

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing was months from mandatory retirement as a general when he mounted a coup, deposed the democratic government and replaced it with a military junta headed by himself. After ...

BANGKOK — As Myanmar’s military put on an annual show of strength Monday, its top leader told its assembled ranks they need to take decisive action against those fighting army rule of the country.

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country's president, formalizing his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an ...