Ko Ko Kyi said he believes his party could pose a challenge to the two major parties, the NLD and the USDP.

Some participants of the 1988 uprising that made the term “88 Generation” synonymous with one of Burma’s most historic pro-democracy movements have objected to a bid to register a political party under the name “Four Eights Party.”

Soldiers from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) stand accused of abducting a man in the Hsenwi Township village of Kham Tain on Wednesday evening, releasing him only after a local abbot paid more than 2 million kyats (US$1,460) to the ethnic armed group.

SNLD spokesperson Sai Lek speaks to DVB about his party's plans and its relations with the soon-to-be-ruling NLD.

Student activist Yadana Su Po Khine, also known as Po Po, has been released on bail by a court in Rangoon.

Twenty-three people have been detained by police in the Arakan State town of Kyauktaw on suspicion of connections with rebel ethnic group the Arakan Army.