In a report published Sunday by “The Global New Light of Myanmar,” long considered the mouthpiece for whoever is running the country, Armed Forces’ Day will “safeguard the national ...

Armed Forces Day marks the day in 1945 when the army of Myanmar, then known as Burma, began its fight against the Japanese who had taken control of the country after driving out the British ...

Resistance to military rule in Myanmar has been defined by optimism ... about what might come next in a country where the armed forces have a history of brutality against those that oppose ...