Final results won’t be known until after two more rounds of voting are completed later in January. It’s widely expected that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who has governed Myanmar since an army …
First election since 2021 coup: Myanmar is voting after 5 years amid civil war — why stakes are high
Myanmar has begun voting in its first general election since the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, an event the ruling junta presents .
GLIMPSES: Prepping polling machines ahead of Myanmar’s weekend election
Before the polls comes the preparation. Officials from Myanmar’s Union Election Commission are prepping polling stations around the country for the following day’s election.
A sham poll in Myanmar opens a new phase of military rule
All of this marks a stunning reversal for Myanmar’s revolutionaries. At the end of 2024 they appeared to have the junta on the run. For a time it had seemed possible that resistance forces might lay …
Myanmar’s decade of turmoil: elections, coup and conflict
Nearly five years after it seized power, Myanmar’s military is moving ahead with a multi-phase general election starting on Sunday, despite conflict across the country.
Myanmar junta’s shift from battlefield to ballots faces long odds
From inside a military base last week, Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing announced who he wanted voters to pick in Sunday’s general election, nearly five years after seizing power in a coup.
In rebel-held Myanmar, civilians face devastating air strikes and a sham election
Many of the displaced have sought refuge in other parts of the state. Iang is among a group that crossed the border into India’s Mizoram state. Currently sheltered in a rundown badminton court in …
Myanmar junta seeks election legitimacy; UN decries violence
In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast. A rebel offensive had swept down from the Chinese border and was threatening Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. For …
UN says Myanmar junta using ‘brutal violence’ to force people to vote
Many have also been imprisoned for disagreeing, including three youths sentenced to over 40 years each for hanging anti-election posters.
World Court to hear Myanmar genocide case in January
The International Court of Justice will hear a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority Muslim group, the Rohingya, on January 12-29, the United Nations’ top court …