Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a ...

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some ...

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, ...

Sunday marks the initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military ...

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy ...

The military is framing the vote as a return to multiparty democracy after ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government four ...

From inside a military base last week, Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing announced who he wanted voters to pick in Sunday ...

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been siloed in military detention since a 2021 coup, but her absence looms large ...

War with opposition groups means large areas are excluded from poll, while recent law prohibits criticising a process regarded internationally as a sham ...

The UN has warned the military-controlled election is unfolding amid violence, intimidation and arrests. The country’s former ...