News About Myanmar

As a Burmese filmmaker shaped by her grandmother’s quiet defiance, Verse uses storytelling to challenge gender bias and uplift women whose voices are too often erased. Verse began her professional journey in 2018 as a reporter at a local news agency in Myanmar. She dreamed of covering political news, but quickly encountered systemic gender bias. During a major assignment, male reporters were sent to Nay Pyi Taw to cover parliament-related matters, and she was told to stay beh

A series of blasts from homemade rockets occurred in Mandalay the night before the first phase of the general election, injuring two civilians, according to a local rescue team. Resistance group Brave Warriors for Myanmar (BWM) claimed responsibility, saying it targeted the junta’s Central Regional Military Command with five rockets, four of which hit the target. Mandalay Chief Minister Myo Aung said three rockets struck the Mandalay Fortress canal, where the command is locat

YANGON—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—and youngsters seeking better livelihoods away from Myanmar’s moribund economy. And even those still in the country were not particularly eager

The first of three phases of voting has finished in Myanmar in an election widely dismissed as a "sham", with major political parties dissolved, leaders jailed and as much as half the country not expected to vote due to an ongoing civil war. The military government is holding a phased ballot nearly five years after it seized power in a coup, prompting widespread opposition and spiralling into civil war. Observers say the junta, with China's support, is seeking to legitimise i

As Myanmar’s military junta pressed ahead with the first phase of its election on Sunday, airstrikes, artillery fire and explosions were reported across multiple parts of the country, underscoring the violent conditions under which the vote is taking place. In Sagaing Region, residents said junta forces continued air and artillery attacks even as polling stations opened, while separate attacks linked to resistance groups were reported in Mandalay and Myawaddy in the hours bef

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, 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 condemnat