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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
Kantarawaddy Times
October 22, 2020
The company says that waste from pig farm does not get into...
Soe Htike Aung — A company official explained and responded to the concerns of villagers on the contaminants from the French pig farm near Daw Klo...
October 21, 2020
Election signboards of ANP and NLD destroyed in Arakan State
More than 20 election signboards of the Arakan National Party (ANP) and the National League for Democracy (NLD) were destroyed in Arakan State during...
October 21, 2020
CNLD opposes the inclusion of a Chin village in Magway Regio...
Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) issued a statement dated October 19th, saying that it opposes the transfer of voters’ list in Shweaungtha...
October 21, 2020
SNLD condemns unfair election ban on peaceful stable areas i...
The Union Election Commission (UEC) is wrong to place areas of peace and stability, in Shan State, in the lists of excluded constituencies without...
Network Media Group
October 21, 2020
Ethnic Parties Condemn UEC for Canceling Election in Ethnic...
Five ethnic parties released a joint statement condemning the cancelation of the election in constituencies across the country. They say it is unfair...
Network Media Group
October 21, 2020
Cancellation of Election in Ethnic Areas Unfair, Ethnic Part...
Ethnic parties said the Union Election Commission (UEC)’s decision to cancel polling in ethnic townships across Burma was unfair and will reduce...
Shan Herald Agency for News
October 21, 2020
UEC Cancels Election in Southern Shan State’s Mong Kung Town...
SENG PHOO — Burma’s Union Election Commission announced polling in Mong Kung Township is canceled despite there hasn’t been any fighting in the...
Narinjara
October 21, 2020
Four students arrested during anti-government protests in Si...
Man Yu Kyaw and Shin Min Zan — At least four students were arrested by the police as they were leading an anti-government protest in Sittwe, the...
October 20, 2020
Candidates Protest that Maungdaw Township has been unfairly...
Many candidates and local people in Rakhine State are furious with rulings by the UEC that have lumped even peaceful townships together with those...
October 20, 2020
The Arakan Army offers to exchange abducted NLD candidates f...
The Arakan Army says it will release the detained NLD candidates quickly, “if the NLD-led government releases detained politicians, innocent Arakan...
October 20, 2020
UEC disbands UDP
Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on October 17 that the United Democratic Party (UDP) had been removed from the list of registered parties...
October 20, 2020
Five ethnic parties have condemned UEC’s bias in excluding s...
Five ethnic parties have issued a six-point joint-statement on 18 October, calling on the Union Election Commission (UEC) to review the...