In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some ...

Myanmar votes in sham election under atmosphere of fear and coercion

As Myanmar goes to the polls on Sunday in the first of three phases in a tightly controlled election, brightly coloured ...
Global Voices

Learning feminism before knowing its name: Verse’s story from Myanmar

Through film, I want people to feel empathy to see women’s emotions, existence, and oppression in new ways. My mind is always ...

Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy ...

Myanmar will hold its first general election in 5 years as criticism of the military rule mounts

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy.
Al Jazeera

‘A comedy show’: Myanmar youth in exile slam military-run ‘sham’ election

Myanmar tattooist Ng La cares little for the national election organised by his country's despised military leaders.