Early voting for regime elections held at Myanmar embassies; Eleven killed by airstrikes in Shan State’s Momeik

Early voting for regime elections held at Myanmar embassies

A Burma national in South Korea told DVB that he overheard a diplomat from the Burma embassy saying that “no voter” came to cast a ballot during early voting, or advanced polls, at the embassy on Saturday. Protests against the regime’s 2025-26 elections were held in the capital Seoul and Daegu, which is located 193 miles (310 km) southeast of Seoul.

Kyaw San, a Burma national and pro-democracy activist living in South Korea, told DVB that protestors urged the diplomat to stop working for the regime at the protest near the Burma embassy in Seoul. Another Burma national in South Korea, who spoke to DVB on the condition of anonymity, said that the poll was “hastily arranged” and that there was no outreach to migrant workers and others from Burma living or working in South Korea. 

The regime’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that early voting had begun on Monday at its embassies in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 1–2, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 2, New Delhi, India, Dec. 4-6, Beijing, China, Dec. 5-6, and in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 6-7. It has begun to collect the ballots and will begin counting them ahead of the regime elections, which start in Burma on Dec. 28 and will continue into January 2026. 

Eleven killed by airstrikes in northern Shan State’s Momeik

At least 11 civilians were killed by airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on Momeik Township in northern Shan State on Saturday, residents told DVB. Momeik was handed over to regime forces by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on Nov. 30, as part of a China-brokered ceasefire deal reached on Oct. 29.