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

Critics charge that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to military rule. Final results are expected to be ...

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

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

A roundup of live updates from The Irrawaddy’s coverage of the first phase of voting on Sunday, which was marked by violence, protests and low turnout.

Myanmar's military government begins the voting process as critics denounce the election lacking major opposition parties and ...

Myanmar was plunged into civil war by the military’s 2021 coup, and it instituted conscription two years ago to bolster its ranks as it battles resistance groups as well as ethnic minority armies that ...

The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from ...

Before the polls comes the preparation. Officials from Myanmar’s Union Election Commission are prepping polling stations ...

Myanmar's junta said on Friday it will lift a curfew imposed in Yangon since its 2021 coup, just days before the start of ...

Voters in Myanmar have voted in the first phase of the country's general election, the first since the 2021 military coup.