The UK’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, is leading a new push to free Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi as sham elections in the country are set to begin. The Foreign Office (FCDO) has ...

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Myanmar’s military has claimed a voter turnout of more than 50 percent in the first stage of its national elections, framing the vote as “successful” despite widespread condemnation as a “sham” poll ...

Myanmar’s junta created a capital to withstand an invasion. Now, the military struggles to project an image of control over a ...

The scammers at a vast office park in Myanmar wielded deepfake technology, doctored videos and pinpoint conversational ploys ...

Mae Sot, Thailand – On the outskirts of this small Thai town on the border with Myanmar, a tattoo artist’s gun buzzes alongside a blaring punk music soundtrack. “Punk means freedom,” says Ng La, his ...

YANGON: The United Nations said Sunday (Dec 28) that Myanmar needs "free, fair, inclusive and credible" elections, as balloting began in a heavily restricted military-run poll. "It is critical that ...

A vendor arranges newspapers reporting on Myanmar’s general election in Yangon, where voters turned out in small numbers for the heavily restricted polls on Dec 28. (AFP pic) Myanmar’s dominant ...

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 ...

Rohingya refugees walk through a market at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, with their fate unlikely to change regardless of the outcome of Myanmar’s election. (AFP pic) COX’S BAZAR: ...

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