A cikin shekarun 1990, gwamnatin mulkin sojan Myanmar ta ci gaba da gudanar da mulki duk da cewa jam'iyyar National League for Democracy (NLD) ta lashe zabukan jam'iyyu da yawa a shekarar 1990. An tsare shugabannin NLD Tin Oo da Aung San Suu Kyi a gidan kaso, kuma sojoji sun fuskanci matsin lamba daga kasashen duniya bayan Suu Kyi ya lashe lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta Nobel a shekarar 1991. Ya maye gurbin Saw Maung da Janar Than Shwe a 1992, gwamnatin ta sassauta wasu hani amma ta ci gaba da rike madafun iko, gami da dakatar da yunkurin rubuta sabon kundin tsarin mulki.A tsawon shekaru goma, dole ne gwamnatin ta magance tashe-tashen hankula na kabilanci daban-daban.An yi shawarwarin tsagaita bude wuta da wasu kabilu da dama, ko da yake an gagara samun dorewar zaman lafiya da kabilar Karen.Bugu da ƙari, matsin lamba na Amurka ya haifar da wata yarjejeniya da Khun Sa, jagoran yaƙin opium, a cikin 1995. Duk da waɗannan ƙalubalen, an yi ƙoƙarin sabunta tsarin mulkin soja, ciki har da canza suna zuwa Majalisar Zaman Lafiya da Ci Gaba (SPDC) a 1997 da motsi. Babban birnin daga Yangon zuwa Naypyidaw a 2005.Gwamnati ta sanar da kafa taswirar dimokuradiyya mai matakai bakwai a shekara ta 2003, amma babu wani jadawalin lokaci ko tantancewa, wanda ya haifar da shakku daga masu sa ido na kasa da kasa.An sake zama babban taron kasa a shekara ta 2005 don sake rubuta kundin tsarin mulki amma ba a cikin manyan kungiyoyin masu rajin kare demokradiyya, lamarin da ya kai ga ci gaba da suka.Tauye hakkin bil'adama, gami da aikin tilastawa, ya sa kungiyar Kwadago ta kasa da kasa ta nemi gurfanar da 'yan majalisar mulkin soja da laifin cin zarafin bil'adama a shekara ta 2006. ^[90]