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Security has also been tightened in Mandalay following reports of two rockets landing near a polling station in the city

A resident of Kyaukphyu Township in Arakan State told DVB that he heard the sound of artillery being fired from Myanmar Navy warships since Saturday, the eve of the regime’s 2025-26 elections starting on Dec. 28. “Elections began this morning [on Dec. 28] in the town while regime forces and Arakan Army members are fighting in the outskirts,” the Kyaukphyu resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity. Kyaukphyu, located 317 miles (510 km) south of the Arakan State capital S

Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing cast his ballot in Zeyarthiri Township of Naypyidaw on Sunday, the first day of voting in the regime’s 2025-26 elections, which will continue on Jan. 11 and Jan. 25, 2026. Min Aung Hlaing responded to a reporter’s question after leaving the polling station. When asked whether he will become the president of Myanmar, he said that he “can’t do what he wants” as Commander-in-Chief of the military, adding that the presidency can only be decided by pa

Nine civilians, including a police officer, were injured by an attack on the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) office and two other locations, including a polling station, in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, on Saturday, residents told DVB. A Myawaddy resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity that an unknown number of buildings and vehicles were damaged by a drone attack. Myawaddy is located 85 miles (137 km) east of the Karen State capital Hpa-An. Two other

Standing on a stage flanked by his People’s Party’s signature red and yellow flags, Ko Ko Gyi made his case to a crowd of some 150 supporters. “In our country, there is a word that many people are afraid to use — the word is ‘revolution’, he said. “Many people feel uncomfortable even saying it. But in reality, a revolution simply means making an effort to move from an old situation to a new one.” The crowd, dressed in matching yellow shirts and hats handed out by the People’s

Yangon, Myanmar – Voters in parts of Myanmar are heading to the polls on Sunday for an election that critics view as a bid by the country’s generals to legitimise military rule, nearly five years after they overthrew the government of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The multi-phased election is unfolding amid a raging civil war, with ethnic armed groups and opposition militias fighting the military for control of vast stretches of territory, stretching from the borderlands w