Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi
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Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a civil war.
With her health failing and an information vacuum around Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her son worries that he may not even know if she passed away. Kim Aris told Reuters he has not heard from his 80-year-old mother in years,
The political party backed by Myanmar’s ruling military claims it won a commanding lead in the initial round of the first general election in five years