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December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
December 28, 2025
Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
December 28, 2025
Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
November 4, 2015
Around 100 military personnel, police officers, and families...
Aik Sai — Around 100 military personnel, police officers, and their family members have been allowed to vote in Mon State’s Chaungzon Township,...
November 4, 2015
Five townships in Mon State has over 800,000 eligible voters...
Aik Sai — The latest voter list for Mon State - released between 14 and 27 September - does not include temporary residents who have submitted their...
November 4, 2015
Only 20 percent can vote correctly, Karen State’s civil soci...
Sa Eh Sue — Among the eligible voters in Karen State’s seven townships, only 20 percent will be able to vote correctly in the 2015 Election,...
Mizzima
November 3, 2015
Political parties fail to commit to core human rights issues...
Political parties contesting the 8 November election have failed to prioritize or commit to core human rights issues, according to a new report...
Mizzima
November 3, 2015
EU and Myanmar strengthen cooperation on climate change
The European Union and Myanmar has committed to strengthening cooperation on climate change ahead of the adoption of a new global climate deal in...
Karen Information Center
November 3, 2015
Yale Law School: Treatment of Rohingya “could constitute gen...
Burma’s government is under pressure to establish an independent inquiry into the treatment of ethnic Rohingya with a new report highlighting...
Independent Mon News Agency
November 3, 2015
Mudon Township Election Candidate Nai Mya Shein Dies
Nai Mya Shein, 61, the All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) candidate competing for the Mudon Township Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives)...
Shan Herald Agency for News
The migrant workers line up outside of a flooded camp in Chiang Mai
November 3, 2015
Myanmar Consulate in Thailand "Can't Help Migrant...
Shan migrant workers will not be able to participate in Burma’s general election on 8 November a representative from the Chiang Mai-based Myanmar...
November 3, 2015
Interview with SNLD candidate Daw Nan Mya
Mya Wun Yan — “I want to address the discrepancy in underage rape cases and prison sentences,” says Daw Nan Mya from the Shan Nationalities League...
November 3, 2015
Karenni State candidates say election process has been witho...
Htoe Myar — Candidates running in Karenni State say the have been able to campaign without intimidation so far. Although most of the candidates have...
November 3, 2015
Female candidates in Karen State say campaign has been safe...
Sa Eh Sue — Although threats and personal attacks have been made against candidates in other parts of the country, female candidates from Karen State...
November 3, 2015
Mon State AMRDP candidate Naing Mya Shein dies from illness
Chit Min Tun — The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMRDP)’s candidate Naing Mya Shein, who was running for a seat from Mon State in the Lower House...