The Irrawaddy

Phase 3 of Junta’s Election Brings Forward Ministers, Military Heirs and Party Chiefs

Sunday’s final phase of the junta’s vote features entrenched power networks, uncontested seats and elections held in active conflict zones.
Los Angeles Times

Myanmar holds first election since military seized power, but observers say the vote is a sham

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Myanmar held its first general election in five years Sunday, but critics dismiss it as a sham to legitimize ...
Wall Street Journal

Myanmar Junta Seeks Legitimacy in Widely Condemned Elections Embraced by U.S.

SINGAPORE—The military junta whose 2021 coup plunged Myanmar into civil war controls less than half of the country. Resistance groups have bombed polling stations to stop people from voting. The party ...
The New York Times

Myanmar’s Civil War Pushes Infectious Disease Over Its Borders

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say. People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in ...
Reuters

Myanmar's decade of turmoil: elections, coup and conflict

Dec 24 (Reuters) - Nearly five years after it seized power, Myanmar's military is moving ahead with a multi-phase general election starting on Sunday, despite conflict across the country. Here is a ...
The Economist

A sham poll in Myanmar opens a new phase of military rule

Tayzar San is the most wanted man in Myanmar. In 2021 the wiry and bespectacled doctor led the first protest against the military junta that had toppled Myanmar’s democratically elected government. In ...
PBS

Myanmar has declared a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for cyberscams, but the fraud goes on

It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that ...
Los Angeles Times

Myanmar military acknowledges airstrike on hospital it says opposition used as base

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Myanmar’s military acknowledged an airstrike on a hospital, claiming opposition groups used it as a base; local ...
Cfr.org

In Myanmar, the World’s Indifference to Authoritarianism Is on Full Display

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. When Myanmar held relatively free and fair elections in 2020, dominated by Aung ...
CNN

US ends temporary status for Myanmar nationals even as civil war still rages

The Trump administration said on Monday it is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar in the United States, arguing they can safely return to the war-torn Southeast Asian country and ...
CBS News

U.S. ending deportation protections for immigrants from war-torn Myanmar

The Trump administration on Monday said it would end yet another Temporary Protected Status immigration program, this time for nearly 4,000 immigrants from Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia ...