Voting was held Sunday in the final round of Myanmar's general election, concluding a monthlong process widely denounced as illegitimate.

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party has claimed victory in the country's first election since ...

Videos and photos of Aung Ko Win golfing in Wales and flying in a chartered helicopter over London revive scrutiny of regime-linked tycoons.

Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago.

Myanmar Elections 2025 LIVE Updates: Myanmar cast vote for the first time in nearly five years, after a military coup in 2021 led to a civil war in the country. Many called the elections a "sham", ...

A man uses an electronic voting booth at a polling station during the first phase of Myanmar's general election in Yangon on December 28, 2025. Voting begins in Myanmar's heavily restricted polls, ...

Myanmar’s military junta has billed the election as a return to democracy. International observers, however, have widely ...

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Turnout appears low for vote in which most candidates seen as allies of junta and large areas excluded by war Polls have closed in conflict-racked Myanmar, ending the first phase of an election that ...

Myanmar’s military rulers have ordered the release of more than 6,000 prisoners to mark the country’s Independence Day. While families rushed to wait outside prisons on Sunday to see if their loved ...

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BANGKOK (dpa): The son of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi strongly criticized the parliamentary elections staged by the military junta on Sunday, the first elections since the ...