Myanmar's top general Min Aung Hlaing was months from retirement when he made a dictatorial about-face nearly five years ago, ...

The first round of heavily restricted voting is due on Sunday, with a second round of ballots scheduled for Jan 11.

The vote in Myanmar, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing ...

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy ...

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

Myanmar, where a military junta has ruled since a February 2021 coup ousted the democratically elected government led by ...

From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.

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

Min Aung Hlaing has told personnel to train for amphibious assaults and ground combat as the regime escalates indiscriminate attacks on resistance-held territory.

The junta’s polls, which will be held in three phases starting on December 28, are intended to strengthen military rule by ...

Aung San Suu Kyi has not been publicly seen in nearly five years. Her unresolved fate is a test of conscience for leaders ...

All of this marks a stunning reversal for Myanmar’s revolutionaries. At the end of 2024 they appeared to have the junta on ...