Myanmar's military has announced the first phase of a general election to be held in late December, in a poll widely seen as an attempt to lend the junta legitimacy following its 2021 coup. Ongoing ...

The three-part elections in Myanmar, which roughly half the country is expected to participate in, have been seen as an effort by Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung ...

Despite predictions of their demise, Myanmar’s generals have survived for nearly five years due to substantial support from fellow authoritarian regimes.

FILE - Myanmar military officers leave the venue during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, March 27, 2023. Myanmar’s military government is urging ...

The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are wary Five years after Myanmar’s junta ousted the country’s last elected government, triggering a civil war, ...

This is an opinion editorial by Win Ko Ko Aung, a McCourt Scholar for Georgetown University’s Data Science for Public Policy program and a survivor of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. As the 2024 U.S.

Almost nobody believes that Myanmar’s first elections since the 2021 coup are free or fair. But they could still advance the interests of the ruling military junta – and of its supporters in Beijing.

Weak Turnout Seen in Myanmar's Phased Election, First Since 2021 Coup Dec 28 (Reuters) - Under the shadow of civil war and questions over the poll's credibility, the initial round of ‌Myanmar's phased ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s military has imported at least $1 billion worth of weapons and related material from Russia, China and other countries since its February 2021 coup, some of which it ...