Volker Türk cites ongoing bombardment and detentions of critics by the junta as proof that its polls can’t be free or fair.
Satellite images reveal that most of the KK Park complex’s structures are still intact despite the junta’s claimed demolitions.
Youth from the Wa, Ta’ang and Mon communities called for domestic and international boycotts of the election, saying it was ...
Putin and Min Aung Hlaing have deepened military, economic and nuclear ties as both regimes face Western sanctions.
Amid growing international rejection of its planned election, Myanmar’s military regime declared on Monday that any interference by foreign countries would have no impact on its plans to hold the vote ...
The military regime has taken back control of all territories it had lost to the resistance in Madaya and Patheingyi townships in northern Mandalay. They include the Phayaung Taung gold mine and ...
Fierce fighting has erupted in northern Kawkareik Township, Karen State as Myanmar junta troops push to seize key border ...
Demolitions target the notorious crime center in Karen State as the junta seeks to placate Beijing over cross-border scams.
Junta chief orders ‘smooth transition’ from poverty, eyes nuclear rule – plus a PR scam blitz, arresting election dissenters, ...
The Irrawaddy highlights the junta-aligned candidates contesting Myanmar’s December polls, illustrated in a series of state ...
Focusing blame for arsenic contamination of the Salween River on Karenni and other EAOs obscures China’s deep role in Myanmar ...
As the junta prepares for heavily rigged polls to be held in parts of the country, Bertil Lintner looks back at Myanmar’s troubled record of elections—which have rarely been free or fair.