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Campaigning begins in Myanmar’s junta-run polls as reconciliation path

YANGON – Parties approved to participate in Myanmar’s junta-organized elections are set to start campaigning Tuesday, two months ahead of a poll being shunned...

Myanmar junta seizes 30 receivers

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta raided one of the country’s most notorious cyberscam centers and seized Starlink satellite internet devices, it said Monday, after an...

Myanmar junta unveils new election details

YANGON – Myanmar’s ruling junta released details of its long-awaited December election on Thursday, saying the first voting phase would cover about a third...

Myanmar junta captures key battlefield town

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta said Wednesday its troops have captured a battlefield town in the country’s east, clawing back rebel-contested territory as it prepares...

Myanmar junta sets Dec. 28 poll date despite war

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of...

Myanmar ethnic group vows to block elections

YANGON – One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic groups pledged on Monday to block elections in areas it controls, rejecting polls the military junta...

Myanmar junta ends state of emergency in election run-up

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta ended its state of emergency on Thursday, ramping up plans for a December election that opposition groups pledged to boycott...

Myanmar junta claims recapture of town

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta claimed on Thursday to have ousted armed rebels who captured a town near the military’s main officer training academy after...

Myanmar junta chief confirms year-end poll

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi marks 80th in jail on corruption charges lasting 27 years

YANGON—Myanmar’s deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to...

Myanmar junta extends truce again after quake

YANGON — Myanmar’s junta has extended a post-earthquake truce, after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of flouting with a...

Malaysia calls for Myanmar truce extension, pushes for peace deal

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—Malaysia called Sunday for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar, as it ramped up calls for the long-awaited implementation...

Myanmar’s junta chief to head to Bangkok summit of 7 nations

SAGAING, Myanmar – The head of Myanmar’s junta was expected to travel to Bangkok Thursday for a regional summit, as the death toll from...

Myanmar junta asks for international aid after quake

Naypyidaw, Myanmar—Myanmar's ruling junta made a rare request for international humanitarian aid and declared a state of emergency across six regions after a powerful earthquake...
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