Myanmar's junta holds controversial elections amid civil war, facing condemnation for repression and lack of genuine democratic participation.

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy

BANGKOK: Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics say will neither restore the country’s…

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Myanmar’s military portrays its general election as a path to democracy and peace, but the vote offers neither to a million Rohingya exiles, robbed of…

Myanmar faces a civil war and humanitarian crisis as it prepares for elections on December 28, 2025.

Myanmar's military seeks to entrench rule as it begins to claw back territory and China presses for stability.

Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

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

Myanmar's junta holds controversial elections amid civil war, facing condemnation for repression and lack of genuine democratic participation.

The UN, human rights groups and opposition parties say the process is not free, fair or credible.

Citizens in Myanmar have started voting in an election for the first time in the five since that country's military coup, but many are calling the contest "fake" and "not for the…

UN human rights chief condemns the elections, citing a crackdown on dissent.

Myanmar's pro-military party claims a significant lead in controversial elections, raising concerns over the legitimacy of military rule.

Myanmar's junta blames rebels for violent election disruptions, while Aung San Suu Kyi remains imprisoned and her party dissolved.