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November 8, 2015
Many voters are still lined up to cast their ballots, while others have left frustrated without voting as the official hours for polling stations...
November 8, 2015
Salai Van Ki Yo — Ward and village administrators have been making up for funding shortfalls out of their own pockets as the 30,000 kyats provided by...
November 8, 2015
Salai Kyaw Moe Tun — Over 300 didn’t vote out of the 810 eligible voters at Polling Station No 1 in Pyidawthar Ward in Chin State capital Hakha. At...
All Photos by Min Thein Htun Oo; Facebook.
November 8, 2015
Khine Nwe Oo — A man set his national registration card (NRC) on fire in front a hundred people in Mon State’s Lamine town after not being allowed to...
November 8, 2015
Problems have arisen with ballots cast by residents of Panga Village in Mon State’s Thanbyuzayat Township. Unaware of how to vote properly many have...
November 8, 2015
Salai Kyaw Moe & Peter Lwel Luu ­— Polling stations in Chin State’s Htantalan Township have asked voters wearing traditional Chin outfits to...
November 8, 2015
Moe Kyaw — Many ethnic Chin residing in Sagaing Region’s Kalay Township have not been allowed to vote for the Chin Affairs Minister. They are allowed...
November 8, 2015
To discuss an initiative resulting from a previously signed MOU, the Head of the Gender Election Observation Mission (GEOM), Ms. Sabra Bano, met with...
National League for Democracy party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to local and foreign media during a press conference for the upcoming general elections at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, 5 November 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
November 8, 2015
Myanmar is a small country in Southeast Asia, isolated from the rest of the world for over half a century until recently. But thanks to Aung San Suu...
November 8, 2015
Civil Society Organizations responsible for organizing voter education activities and some political parties’ candidates have said that they expect...
November 8, 2015
The people of Burma will vote in the country’s national elections on Sunday November 8. In the build-up to the election international onlookers were...
November 8, 2015
Mya Wun Yan — Representatives of the National League for Democracy (NLD) are observing Polling Station No 5 in Sao San Tun Ward in southern Shan...