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War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election

Why do war-torn Myanmar's generals want elections?

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is currently acting president, while also serving as the chief of the armed forces which has ruled the country for most of its post-independence history. A running tally of attacks,

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Myanmar will start national elections on Dec. 28 though much of the country is wracked by war

Myanmar will hold nationwide elections beginning Dec. 28, setting a date for polls that have been denounced as a sham to normalize the army’s 2021 seizure of power even as much of the country is wrack

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War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup

Myanmar will begin its general elections on 28 December, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned as a sham that will be used to entrench the junta's power. This will be the first vote since the junta seized power in a bloody coup in 2021, and imprisoned democratically elected leader Aung San Sung Kyi.

Myanmar’s military retakes a strategic town 2 years after the resistance captured it

State media in Myanmar say the military has regained control of a strategic town in eastern Kayah state from the opposition’s ...

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Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Strikes Near Myanmar-India Border, EMSC Says

(Reuters) -A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near the Myanmar-India border on Friday, the European Mediterranean ...

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UN investigation seeking justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar hit by cost-cutting

Millions of dollars of funding cuts from donors and U.N. cost-cutting could hamper evidence gathering and undermine efforts ...

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Myanmar bridge closure hits Thai trade

Kriangkrai Thiennukul, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), revealed that Myanmar's closure of the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge has inevitably disrupted Thailand's exports, as ...

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Military airstrike on gem mining town kills at least 21 in Myanmar

An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the center of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining ...

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8 Years On: Accountability Needed for Myanmar Atrocities Against Rohingya

August 25 marks eight years since the Myanmar military launched widespread atrocities against the Rohingya population ...

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Myanmar’s massive quake hints at bigger earthquakes to come

The massive 2025 Myanmar earthquake revealed that strike slip faults can behave in surprising ways. Using satellite data, ...

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ASEAN Team to Visit Myanmar Capital on Sept. 19

The talks, which will include Min Aung Hlaing and four ASEAN foreign ministers, aim to assess the regime’s upcoming election and push the bloc’s stalled peace plan.

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China’s Quiet Power Play in Myanmar

Beijing is increasingly shaping the outcome of Myanmar’s civil war, not by supporting one side, but by controlling where ...

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