News About Myanmar

Five years after Myanmar’s junta ousted the country’s last elected government, triggering a civil war, voting is set to begin this week in national elections. The junta claims the vote is a return to democracy, but in reality the one-sided and heavily restricted poll has been widely condemned as a sham designed to keep the generals in power through proxies. The first of three rounds of voting is due to begin at 6am on 28 December. More than 100 townships, including the commer

Polls have closed in conflict-racked Myanmar, ending the first phase of an election that has been widely condemned as a sham designed to legitimise the military junta’s rule. The military has touted the vote as a return to democracy almost five years after it seized power in a coup, ousting the country’s then de-facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, detaining her and sparking a spiralling civil war. But analysts say most candidates are seen as military allies, and the UN has said t

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP): The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from Sunday's military-run poll, with older voters dominating the turnout. Legions have left the war-ravaged country since the military seized power five years ago, including many men of conscription age -- up to 35 -- or youngsters seeking better livelihoods away from Myanmar's moribund economy. And even those still in the country were n

Under the shadow of civil war and questions over the poll's credibility, ⁠voters in Myanmar cast their ballots in apparently low numbers in a general election on Sunday (Dec 28), the first since a military coup toppled the last civilian government in 2021. The junta, having crushed pro-democracy protests after the coup and sparked a nationwide rebellion, said the three-phase vote would bring political stability to the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, despite international

Read a summary of this article on FAST. FAST YANGON: The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from Sunday's (Dec 28) military-run poll, with older voters dominating the turnout. Legions have left the war-ravaged country since the military seized power five years ago, including many men of conscription age - up to 35 - or youngsters seeking better livelihoods away from Myanmar's moribund economy. And e

As Myanmar goes to the polls on Saturday in the first of three phases in a tightly controlled election, brightly coloured campaign posters loom over families with children still hacking a living from the rubble of buildings destroyed in Mandalay’s devastating earthquake nine months ago. People here in Mandalay and in the commercial capital Yangon express a mix of anger and resignation over this so-called democratic exercise, in stark contrast to the enthusiasm seen in the vot