Myanmar
![Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann attends a USDP meeting on August 12, flanked by vice chairs Thura U Aye Myint (left) and U Htay Oo (right) [photo credit: The Myanmar Times] Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann attends a USDP meeting on August 12, flanked by vice chairs Thura U Aye Myint (left) and U Htay Oo (right) [photo credit: The Myanmar Times]](/sites/default/files/myanmar_times_1.jpg)
News
14 August 2015
Myanmar President removes party chair and other key figures after attempts to change the constitution
![photo credit: Global New Light of Myanmar photo credit: Global New Light of Myanmar](/sites/default/files/pyidaungsu_-_global_new_light_of_myanmar_1.jpg)
News
23 July 2015
Myanmar's lower house votes to postpone constitutional referendum until after general election
![Students protesting in Myanmar [photo credit: AFP] Students protesting in Myanmar [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/myanmarstudentprotest.newsfultoncountydotcom_0.jpg)
News
3 July 2015
Myanmar: students protest military’s role in politics after parliament blocks constitutional amendments
![Myanmar riot police block the road during a protest in downtown Yangon, on Tuesday [phot credit: EPA] Myanmar riot police block the road during a protest in downtown Yangon, on Tuesday [phot credit: EPA]](/sites/default/files/myanmar_police.epaphoto_0.jpg)
News
3 July 2015
Myanmar leaders face constitutional challenges
![زعيمة المعارضة اونغ سان سو تشي زعيمة المعارضة اونغ سان سو تشي](/sites/default/files/1_50.jpg)
News
2 July 2015
ميانمار: رفض مشروع قانون يقلل من نفوذ الجيش في البرلمان
![photo credit: Irrawaddy photo credit: Irrawaddy](/sites/default/files/myanmar20image_4_1.jpg)
News
29 June 2015
Myanmar parliament rejects bill to curb army constitution veto
![photo credit: AFP photo credit: AFP](/sites/default/files/myanmar_parliament.afp__0.jpeg)
News
24 June 2015
Myanmar Parliament Begins Debate on Bill to Amend Constitution
![The proposed changes will not lift the ban on Aung San Syu Kyi's eligibility to be president, and retain a strong role for the military in politics. (photo credit: Irrawaddy) The proposed changes will not lift the ban on Aung San Syu Kyi's eligibility to be president, and retain a strong role for the military in politics. (photo credit: Irrawaddy)](/sites/default/files/myanmar20image_4.jpg)
Voices From The Field
15 June 2015
Myanmar: Proposed amendments seek to entrench legislative supremacy and devolve marginal autonomy to local governments
![Myanmar’s Ruling Party Submits Draft Bill to Permit Charter Reform Myanmar’s Ruling Party Submits Draft Bill to Permit Charter Reform](/sites/default/files/myan_0.jpeg)
News
11 June 2015
Myanmar’s Ruling Party Submits Draft Bill to Permit Charter Reform
![photo credit: Makoto Igarashi/ The Asahi Shimbun photo credit: Makoto Igarashi/ The Asahi Shimbun](/sites/default/files/ang_0.jpg)
News
6 April 2015
Aung San Suu Kyi says boycott of the election is an option
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