The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many ...

The junta has revived an LNG power generation project in Yangon—but the 24-hour power it provides to industrial zones comes at a hefty price.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled Myanmar during an army crackdown in 2017 Myanmar has denied committing genocide against the Ronhingya people, saying The Gambia has failed to provide ...

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(UPDATE) KAWHMU, Myanmar — Myanmar’s junta opened polls in the second phase of elections on Sunday, Agence France–Presse (AFP) journalists said, continuing a vote democracy watchdogs say is letting ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships including some ...

UN and many western countries as well as human rights groups say that in the absence of a meaningful opposition the election is neither free, fair nor credible Voters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on ...

Voting has resumed in Myanmar's multi-phase election, which the country's military junta is promoting as a return to democracy. Critics have derided the election as a sham by the junta to legitimize ...

It is a contest that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), essentially the military party, is guaranteed to win. A USDP victory is likely to make Senior General Min Aung ...

Myanmar’s generals have begun staging their long-promised national elections — the first since they seized power in 2021. Their aim is not to restore democracy, but to entrench military rule through ...

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 ...

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta said slightly more than half of eligible voters cast their ballot in the first phase of a three-stage national election at the weekend, a figure that was markedly ...