Photo / Sai Aung Main, AFP Myanmar’s junta said it would release more than 6000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country’s independence day. The military has arrested thousands of …
Military-backed party leads in early election results in Myanmar
Myanmar’s military-appointed election body has begun announcing the winners of the first phase of its three-part general election, saying that the military-backed party has won the majority of seats, …
Military-backed party in Myanmar takes lead in first phase of polls
Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed, in the first vote since …
Myanmar’s military-backed party claims strong lead in election’s first phase
The political party backed by Myanmar’s ruling military claims it won a commanding lead in the initial round of the first general election in five years.
Myanmar holds first election since military seized power, but observers say the vote is a sham
Voters in Myanmar have voted in the first phase of the country’s general election, the first since the 2021 military coup. International observers and opponents of military rule call the vote …
Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a sham
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.