Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy ...

In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some ...

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 ...

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.
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Myanmar pro-military party claims huge lead in junta-run poll

At the last election in 2020, the ruling party was trounced by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, which was ...

Myanmar junta lifts Yangon curfew ahead of elections

Critics have dismissed the elections as a bid to legitimise military rule. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Weak turnout seen in Myanmar's phased election, first since 2021 coup

In the lacklustre canvassing ahead of the polls, the USDP was the most visible. Founded in 2010, the year it won an election ...

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 ...

Myanmar’s military junta begins elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, ...