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Myanmar state media reports that Tatmadaw-installed president Myint Swe expressed concern that the country will be divided into multiple parts if the success of the rebel offensive continues, as hundreds of soldiers are killed during the offensive.
2023-11-9

Thai deputy prime minister and foreign minister Don Pramudwinai announces that he visited jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week, becoming the first known foreign representative to meet with the deposed state counsellor since the 2021 coup d'état.
2023-07-12

Two years after Myanmar's military overthrew the country's democratically-elected government, the State Administration Council extends the country's state of emergency for another six months, thereby postponing the general election initially scheduled for August 1.
2023-02-1

The State Administration Council of Myanmar grants an amnesty to 5,774 prisoners, including former British ambassador Vicky Bowman and Australian economist Sean Turnell, a former economic policy advisor to jailed state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.
2022-11-17

On the six-month anniversary of the coup, military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing names himself Prime Minister "in order to perform the country’s duties fast, easily and effectively", according to the ruling State Administration Council.
2021-08-1

The United States House of Representatives votes 398–14 on a resolution to condemn the military coup in Myanmar.
2021-03-19

Thirty-eight protesters are shot dead and 30 more are wounded by the military and police as protests against the February 1 coup continue across the country. A meeting of ASEAN nations called for restraint of the security forces but failed to unanimously call for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
2021-03-3

8,500 prisoners are granted amnesty in Myanmar by President Win Myint.
2018-04-17

The Myanmar Assembly of the Union, or parliament, selects Htin Kyaw as the new President. Kyaw, a confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi, will be the first civilian president in decades. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, is constitutionally barred from the office.
2016-03-15

President of Myanmar Thein Sein grants amnesty to 93 prisoners. Some prisoners are reported as prisoners of conscience and political prisoners. [http:--www.sunherald.com-2013-04-23-4613756-myanmar-leader-amnesties-93-prisoners.html (AP via "Sun Herald")]date=August 2019
2013-04-23