The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are wary ...

Persona non grata in much of the world, widely derided as incompetent, the diminutive junta boss hopes to legitimize his power through polls that start this week.

The UN said on Tuesday Myanmar's junta was using violence and intimidation to force people to vote in upcoming military-controlled elections, while armed opposition groups were using similar tactics ...

GENEVA (23 December 2025) – Myanmar is witnessing intensified violence, repression and intimidation ahead of military-controlled elections on 28 December, with civilians being threatened by both the ...

Critics say the Dec. 28 polls will be neither free nor fair and are an effort by the military to legitimize its rule after ...

Region by region, state by state, The Irrawaddy breaks down the parts of the country where the regime will be able to hold its election—and the picture does not inspire confidence.

The Department of Homeland Security’s claim that there has been “notable progress in governance and stability” in Myanmar ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in a wide area of the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly ...

Myanmar's military staged a coup on Monday. Members of the ruling National League of Democracy, including Aung San Suu Kyi, were detained. Images from across Myanmar capture the moments immediately ...

Pulling low wooden stools out from under a short square table, a group of longyi-clad men sits down at an open-air tea shop in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. One man makes a kiss-kiss noise and calls out ...