NAY PYI TAW, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Union Parliament Monday approved the formation of a five-member new Union Election Commission to handle affairs of the next general election five years later. Proposed by the president-elect U Htin Kyaw, the new union election commission is headed by U ...

According to the decision of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) and the provision of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), those armed groups which have yet to sign the agreement will not be allow to attend the second Union Peace Conference. The government and ethnic armed group...

YANGON—The Union Parliament’s Charter Amendment Committee on Thursday completed reviewing the entire Constitution for possible amendments. It will submit a report on its findings to Parliament next month. Committee secretary U Myat Nyana Soe, who is also an Upper House lawmaker for the ruling Na...