Myanmar is no longer just a failed state. It is becoming a country with little hope of recovery. The year 2025 offered no convincing evidence that Myanmar will emerge as a peaceful, prosperous and ...

As more than 70 countries prepare for national elections in 2026 — many in regions where voting day can trigger violence — Myanmar's experience offers a case study in how international organizations ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-backed party emerged the winner of an election, final official figures showed Wednesday, as the country’s army chief signed a law authorizing a new consultative body that ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Few complaints can be aired openly in Yangon. Myanmar’s military generals administer the city watchfully. Informants lurk in tea shops and on tuk-tuks. Chinese-made surveillance ...

As a pro vice-chancellor at the University of Tasmania, Nicholas Farrelly engages with a wide range of organisations and stakeholders on educational, cultural and political issues, including at the ...

ICJ hears first full genocide case in over a decade Myanmar denies genocide, says offensive was counter-terrorism campaign Rohingya victims seek justice THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Gambia on Monday ...

It is a contest that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), essentially the military party, is guaranteed to win. A USDP victory is likely to make Senior General Min Aung ...

Myanmar’s generals have begun staging their long-promised national elections — the first since they seized power in 2021. Their aim is not to restore democracy, but to entrench military rule through ...

Myanmar's military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed, in the first vote since ...

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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 ...

When Myanmar held relatively free and fair elections in 2020, dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, many democracies around the world hailed the results. After Myanmar’s armed ...