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Myanmar junta chief admits election won’t be nationwide
Published on 15/10/2025
» Myanmar’s junta chief acknowledged on Wednesday that the military-backed administration will be unable to conduct the upcoming general election across the entire country, as a civil war triggered by the 2021 coup rages on.
Myanmar junta invites Asean to observe election
Published on 11/10/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - Myanmar’s junta has invited Asean to send observers for planned year-end elections, and the bloc will discuss the request during its regional summit later this month, Malaysia’s foreign ministry has said.
Myanmar junta readies for sham poll
News, Published on 11/10/2025
» Myanmar's military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who currently serves as both the army's commander in chief and the country's head of state, has reshuffled the government's administrative structure in preparation for planned elections later this year.
Myanmar's junta says Malaysia to send observers for contentious polls
Published on 10/10/2025
» Malaysia will send observer teams for Myanmar's contentious general election, set to be held in phases from Dec 28, state media said on Friday, a day after talks between the leader of the ruling junta and Kuala Lumpur's top diplomat.
Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
Published on 03/10/2025
» Myanmar's junta chief is becoming a frequent flier.
Putin, Myanmar junta chief discuss deepening ties in Moscow
Published on 26/09/2025
» Russian President Vladimir Putin and Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing held talks in Moscow about deepening diplomatic, defence, energy and investment ties.
Students killed at Myanmar boarding school as junta escalates air war
Published on 15/09/2025
» A Myanmar military airstrike on a school last week killed at least 19 students, an ethnic militia said, as the war-torn nation's ruling junta steps up a campaign to retake territory ahead of a planned election in December.
Solving the conflict in Myanmar
News, Published on 15/09/2025
» The Myanmar military has recently launched a new offensive in different parts of the country, determined to claw back territory it has steadily lost since the coup of Feb 1, 2021. These operations, though at times tactically successful, are being carried out through brute force: airstrikes, mortar attacks, and the increasing use of drones. Entire areas are being destroyed. What will follow is not liberation, but military occupation. But how viable and effective will be the administrative structures that the generals will impose to govern these shattered spaces?
India explores rare-earth deal with Myanmar rebels after Chinese curbs
Reuters, Published on 10/09/2025
» NEW DELHI — India is working to obtain rare-earth samples from Myanmar with the assistance of a powerful rebel group, according to four people familiar with the matter, as it seeks alternative supplies of a strategic resource tightly controlled by China.
Act now as Suu Kyi is gravely ill
Oped, Published on 10/09/2025
» Just days ago, Kim Aris, the youngest son of 80-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi, told The Independent that his mother -- Myanmar's imprisoned democracy leader and Nobel Peace Laureate -- is gravely ill with worsening heart disease.