The democracy campaigner has spent 20 years in total in detention, five of them since being overthrown by a coup.

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, ...

Under the shadow of civil war and questions over the poll's credibility, the initial round of Myanmar's phased general ...

Myanmar is conducting a general election in three phases as part of its military government's promise to return to civilian ...

Myanmar’s junta-led election is not free or fair. Yet despite banned opposition, mass displacement, and severe repression, ...

Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's junta leader, has maintained power since a 2021 coup toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Amidst ...

The ruling military junta in Myanmar (Burma) is holding elections for the first time since taking power in a coup in 2021.

Myanmar's main pro-military party on Monday claimed victory in the parliamentary seat of sidelined democratic leader Aung San ...

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party on Tuesday (Jan 13) claimed a majority of elected lower house seats in the country's ...

A final voting round will take place on January 25. The military has said the election will bring political stability to ...

Myanmar's military-led government is holding a phased general election amid a civil war convulsing large areas of the ...