Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivers his speech at the IX Moscow ...

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as commander in chief and is expected to be installed as the next civilian leader of the country by its rubber-stamp Parliament. By Richard C. Paddock ...

Myanmar's pro-military lawmakers elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president on Friday, with the ex-armed forces commander set to maintain his rule in a civilian guise after snatching power by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myanmar cleared the way for coup-leading general Min Aung Hlaing (L) to become president and maintain his rule in civilian garb ...

In Myanmar’s military-controlled capital, Naypyidaw—an isolated city of more than 800,000 where oversize government compounds are separated by almost-empty highways—drivers stand in line for hours ...

U Min Aung Hlaing’s elevation to the civilian post is the conclusion of elections in the country, which were stage managed by the military. By Richard C. Paddock The head of Myanmar’s ruling junta, U ...

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 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as ...

On March 28, 2025, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, killing thousands and devastating communities already affected by armed conflict, displacement, and economic collapse. The quake ...

Min Aung Hlaing had been military chief for 15 years Former intelligence chief appointed successor Date for final parliamentary vote has not been announced Military coup in 2021 led to civil war March ...

Ye Win Oo's rise linked to loyalty to predecessor Min Aung Hlaing Min Aung Hlaing poised to become Myanmar's president Former intelligence chief led troops in arresting Aung San Suu Kyi March 31 ...