Senior junta officials and military-backed USDP figures will be among the candidates in Sunday’s voting across 12 states and regions.
As the generals smile for cameras, people stay home—or cast ballots under fear—as the military stages a rigged poll to ...
After five years of brutal military rule, residents of Myanmar’s largest city voted with their feet in the first phase of the junta’s election on Sunday.
From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and ...
From an unpopular new government and ceasefires to economic strain and regional pressure, another difficult year no doubt awaits Myanmar.
On Jan. 25, the junta hopes, another 63 townships will go to the polls, whether its writ runs there or not. But even that is ...
Military regime exports repression abroad as Seoul embassy targets protesters for rallying against its sham poll.
A source from the military-proxy USDP said the party is on course to win, as critics and voters voiced deep distrust of the ...
From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.
Local resistance groups seized three junta strongpoints in Sagaing Region’s Budalin town on Sunday, according to anti-regime group Rocket Fighter, which took part in the operation. The sites—at the ...
Myanmar junta lifts Yangon's curfew days before its sham elections—claiming "stability" amid ongoing civil war and repression.
With all serious opposition politicians in jail or exile, a widespread boycott, and the process heavily rigged in the junta’s favor, the USDP ratchets up a widely expected win.