Myanmar is holding phased elections. Here's why they're being called a 'sham'

Myanmar's military rulers are holding a general election in phases starting Dec. 28 amid the country's civil war. The head of ...

Myanmar junta controls only half the country as it holds first post-Suu Kyi election on Sunday

Myanmar is heading into its first election since the 2021 coup, but it will be incomplete. With large areas excluded, opposition parties barred and civil war ongoing, critics say the vote risks legiti ...

Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

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

Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a sham

Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a ...
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Organized Crime Is Thriving in Myanmar’s Civil War—and It’s a Global Threat

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks during a press conference about policies to curb scam centers in Cambodia, in Bangkok Reuters Myanmar has become, by some estimates, the current ...
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Will the Earthquake Affect Politics and War in Myanmar?

Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing arrives to deliver a speech during a ceremony to mark the country's Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2025. STR/AFP via Getty Images The massive ...
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How hopes for Myanmar's democracy faded and why leadership is needed (again)

Former U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell argues the United States should assert its leadership in helping shape Myanmar's peaceful, just and... Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Myanmar quake moved "too smoothly," and that's bad news for the US

The giant earthquake that ripped through central Myanmar earlier this year did something seismologists rarely see: it slid ...
The Wire on MSNOpinion

Myanmar on the brink: Crisis deepens as elections lose credibility

The world must look beyond winners and losers to the deeper currents shaping Myanmar’s uncertain trajectory, the consequences ...
The Diplomat

Supporting Myanmar Beyond the ‘ASEAN Way’

As the next summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nears, Myanmar and the region are facing yet another inflection point. The country’s illegitimate military junta is pushing ...
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Buildings in Myanmar continue to collapse days after deadly quake

Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous conditions for rescuers as they attempt to extricate survivors from the ...
KHQ

Myanmar quake: what we know

A powerful earthquake centred in Myanmar has killed more than 1,600 people in the war-torn country and neighbouring Thailand -- and caused widespread damage. The 7.7-magnitude quake hit northwest of ...