Myanmar Junta Seeks Legitimacy in Election Widely Seen as Flawed

In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast. A rebel offensive had swept down from the Chinese ...

Myanmar junta controls only half the country as it holds first post-Suu Kyi election on Sunday

Myanmar is heading into its first election since the 2021 coup, but it will be incomplete. With large areas excluded, ...

Why is Myanmar's junta holding an election during a civil war?

Myanmar's military-led administration will hold a multi-phased general election starting on Sunday, even as a civil war rages ...

Myanmar junta says Aung San Suu Kyi ‘in good health’ after son raises alarm

Myanmar’s junta said on Tuesday that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” a day after her son told ...
The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Junta Escalates Attacks on Civilians in Election Countdown

Deadly airstrikes, raids and artillery attacks are targeting civilians across the Bamar heartland regions of Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe.

Myanmar junta's shift from battlefield to ballots faces long odds

From inside a military base last week, Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing announced who he wanted voters to pick in Sunday ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Myanmar junta seeks to prosecute hundreds for election 'disruption'

Myanmar's junta said Wednesday it was seeking to prosecute more than 200 people for "disruption" of upcoming military-run ...
The Diplomat

The Myanmar Junta Is Losing Its Foreign Backers

In this photo released from Myanmar Military True News Information Team, senior officers from Myanmar Navy, right side, welcome officers from the Chinese Navy Escort Task Group, left side, upon ...
Cfr.org

Could the Myanmar Junta Rapidly Collapse Like al-Assad?

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. With the sudden collapse of the al-Assad regime in Syria, after thirteen years of ...