Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has won a landslide victory in by-elections, local election officials have confirmed. (more…)

Affirming the rule of law will be the first priority of the National League for Democracy (NLD) when its members join the Parliament, according to a party spokesman. (more…)

The ethnic Kachin did not get a chance to vote in Sunday’s historic parliamentary by-elections due to an ongoing civil war. (more…)

Yangon — Myanmar’s journalists will take to Twitter and Facebook in their battle to beat press restrictions and deliver breaking news of Sunday’s by-elections that for many will be the biggest story of their careers. (more…)

Yangon – Every table and much of the floor at Co-Operative Bank in Myanmar’s commercial capital is stacked with thick bricks of the local kyat currency. Money counting machines clatter. Workers carry sacks of cash slung over their shoulders. (more…)

Phnom Penh — Asian foreign ministers on Monday welcomed Myanmar’s “orderly” elections as they met ahead of a regional summit that will also be dominated by North Korea’s planned rocket launch and maritime disputes. (more…)

New Delhi: Amid Myanmar’s strides towards full democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to undertake a visit to that country next month that is aimed at bolstering the bilateral ties. Singh is expected to go on a two-day visit dates for which are being finalised through diplomatic channels, sources said here on Monday. (more…)

As Myanmar tallies the last votes from Sunday’s critical parliamentary by-elections, many business leaders are pondering the implications of the country’s recent run of political reforms. For many Southeast Asia-based companies, the big issue is whether migrant workers from the country also known as Burma decide to return home, resulting in a tighter labor market – especially in Thailand. (more…)

Istanbul — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday expressed hope for the future of Myanmar following by-elections which are likely to see pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi enter parliament. (more…)

A US lawmaker who has drafted sanctions against Burma said Sunday that it was premature to ease pressure despite by-elections forecast to see Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi enter parliament. (more…)

Brussels – The European Commission hinted on Monday that the bloc’s foreign ministers would begin lifting sanctions on Myanmar when they meet in three weeks time after a year of reforms that culminated in electoral gains for the opposition on Sunday. (more…)

This week’s elections in Burma will no doubt add to the hype about democratic change in the country and have apologists of the nominally civilian government calling for the international community to drop economic sanctions. (more…)

People talk a lot about changes happening in my country. There are many welcome developments. Hundreds of political prisoners have been freed, some freedom of speech is now being tolerated, and there is more media freedom. (more…)

The Myanmar election produced more than a small victory for Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy. It also firmed up the moral legitimacy of those seeking freedom in Burma. (more…)

The victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and several dozen of her National League for Democracy colleagues in Burma’s April 1 legislative by-elections is a major event for the country. (more…)

New York – Burma’s April 1, 2012 by-elections are a step forward, but are not a real test of the government’s commitment to democratic reform, Human Rights Watch said today. (more…)