The democracy campaigner has spent 20 years in total in detention, five of them since being overthrown by a coup.

The junta’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party has added seats to military’s parliamentary quota to reach governing majority in ongoing election.

Prominent regime figures secured seats as opposition candidates alleged irregularities and advance-vote manipulation.

The military ousted the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 2021 coup, just as it was ...

Myanmar's military-led government is holding a phased general election amid a civil war convulsing large areas of the ...

Observers said the second phase was marked by low voter turnout, resistance attacks, and reports of voters being intimidated ...

Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago.

The octogenarian - known in Myanmar as "The Lady" and famed for wearing flowers in her hair - remains under lock and key as her junta jailers hold polls overwriting her 2020 victory ...

Myanmar's junta opened polls on Sunday in the second phase of elections, continuing a vote democracy watchdogs say is letting ...

Voters in conflict-ravaged Myanmar queued on Sunday to cast ballots in the second phase of a military-organized election, an ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar urged the international community on Thursday to reject Myanmar’s current election, describing it as a “sham” that exposed the ...

Ichiro Maruyama, a former Japanese ambassador to Myanmar, spoke about the country’s rule under a military junta and the ongoing election during an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. Maruyama, now 72, ...