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Myanmar votes amid civil war, junta chief down plays presidential role
Reuters, Published on 28/12/2025
» Overshadowed by civil war and doubts about the credibility of the polls, voters in Myanmar were casting their ballots in a general election starting on Sunday, the first since a military coup toppled the last civilian government in 2021.
Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war
AFP, Published on 28/12/2025
» YANGON (MYANMAR) - A trickle of voters made their way to Myanmar's heavily restricted polls on Sunday, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government, triggering civil war.
Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war and humanitarian crisis
Reuters, Published on 27/12/2025
» NAY PYI TAW - Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia's worst humanitarian crises.
Myanmar junta seeks election legitimacy
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/12/2025
» In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast.
Impact from KK Park crackdown limited
Online Reporters, Published on 06/11/2025
» Chinese scam syndicates have managed to avoid the fallout from a high-profile crackdown on the KK Park complex in Myawaddy by simply moving to other nearby locations in Myanmar, according to local reports.
Dozens die as Myanmar military bombs Buddhist festival
The New York Times, Published on 08/10/2025
» Myanmar’s military bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile.
Myanmar junta, rebels trade blame for damage to iconic bridge
Bloomberg, Published on 25/08/2025
» Myanmar’s military government and a rebel group it’s fighting traded blame Monday for damage to an iconic colonial-era train bridge that connects the northern Shan state to the the second biggest city of Mandalay.
SE Asia trafficked cyber victims freed but far from home
Thompson Reuters Foundation, Published on 30/05/2025
» Most of Jaruwat Jinnmonca’s anti-trafficking work used to focus on helping victims swept into prostitution.
Myanmar opposition says junta airstrike kills 17 school children
Reuters, Published on 12/05/2025
» Myanmar's shadow government said an airstrike by the ruling junta had killed at least 17 students and injured 20 others at a school in an opposition-controlled area on Monday, despite a ceasefire being in place after a devastating earthquake.
Myanmar marks month of misery since historic quake
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» YANGON - Myanmar marked one month since suffering its fiercest earthquake in more than a century on Monday, with military bombardments unabated despite a humanitarian truce as thousands of survivors camp in makeshift shelters.