For 35 years, Myanmar’s elections have followed a familiar pattern: real victories for voters are rejected, a free and fair election is impossible and voter turnout irrelevant.

Local resistance groups seized three junta strongpoints in Sagaing Region’s Budalin town on Sunday, according to anti-regime group Rocket Fighter, which took part in the operation. The sites—at the ...

With all serious opposition politicians in jail or exile, a widespread boycott, and the process heavily rigged in the junta’s favor, the USDP ratchets up a widely expected win.

Beijing’s envoy Deng Xijun said the military’s widely condemned poll is the product of top-level agreements, underscoring China’s strategic stakes in Myanmar.

On the eve of the military-organized election, leading independent journalists from Myanmar discussed what lies ahead, and what the resistance must do to unite.

Analysts suggest the primary goal of the election is to transition junta chief Min Aung Hlaing into a “civilian” presidency. This would provide a legalistic framework to end the state of emergency in ...

As the generals smile for cameras, people stay home—or cast ballots under fear—as the military stages a rigged poll to ...

A source from the military-proxy USDP said the party is on course to win, as critics and voters voiced deep distrust of the ...

Many shops were shuttered and homes locked in Mandalay city as a trickle of voters turned out amid tight security after a resistance rocket attack overnight.

A roundup of live updates from The Irrawaddy’s coverage of the first phase of voting on Sunday, which was marked by violence, protests and low turnout.

Resistance forces in Mandalay and Karen State’s Myawaddy attack regime installations with homemade rockets and bombs ahead of nationwide polls.

Myanmar was plunged into civil war by the military’s 2021 coup, and it instituted conscription two years ago to bolster its ranks as it battles resistance groups as well as ethnic minority armies that ...