A new cybersecurity law came into force in Myanmar on 1 January 2025, with VPN usage and digital freedoms under threat.

Michael Martin is an adjunct fellow at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He served as a ...

YANGON -- Myanmar's military government has enacted a law that represses information on the internet and imposes penalties ...

The military government in Myanmar, which seized power in a coup in February 2021, has enacted a new cybersecurity law which imposes wide-ranging controls on the flow of information. The measures were ...

Military-ruled Myanmar, already notorious for cracking down on free speech, has enacted a new cybersecurity law with wide-ranging controls on the flow of information, according to a text of the ...

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a ...

Myanmar's embattled junta government on Saturday said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day.

State-run MRTV television reported that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, granted amnesties ...

Myanmar's military leaders have enacted a new cybersecurity law that analysts say will provide the junta with extensive ...

Myanmar's internet has been under strict control following the 2021 coup. Social media platforms, along with independent and ...

Myanmar's military government officially enacted a cybersecurity law on Wednesday that regulates digital communication and penalizes various cyber crimes, according to a local newspaper that has ...

The new law, which came into effect on Wednesday, has extensive provisions mainly targeting means of communications and ...