Voters register at a polling station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) Tristin Hopper: Liberals are bringing back the Harper policies they reversed ‘Russian ...

Almost nobody believes that Myanmar’s first elections since the 2021 coup are free or fair. But they could still advance the interests of the ruling military junta – and of its supporters in Beijing.

Under the shadow of civil war and questions over the poll's credibility, the initial round of Myanmar's phased general election closed on Sunday, with signs of low voter turnout for the first polls ...

Voters in parts of Myanmar went to the polls for the first time in five years Sunday, for what the country’s military-led government called “free and fair elections,” but many observers denounced as a ...

Myanmar has begun voting in its first general election since the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, an event the ruling junta presents as a return to democratic order after years of ...

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, ...

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The heavily restricted election on Sunday is taking place in about a third of the Southeast Asian nation’s 330 townships, with large areas inaccessible amid a raging civil war between the military and ...

Election Commission officials prepare at a polling station inside a school ahead of a general election, in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Myanmar, December 27, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer Dec 28 (Reuters) - ...

Voting in the first phase of general elections in Myanmar, the first since a military coup in 2021, concluded on Sunday, local media reported. The polling stations in 102 townships opened at 6 am ...