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September 9, 2020
The election sub-commission reports that election materials for polling booths in Paletwa Township in Chin State have not been delivered owing to...
September 9, 2020
Due to the spread of COVID-19 and an increase in the number of voters, the election sub-commission is planning to open 22 additional polling booths...
September 9, 2020
Shan Herald News Agency interviewed Daw Than Nwe Aung about the challenges and difficulties for disabled people to exercise their voting rights. She...
September 8, 2020
The Burma Army’s Light Infantry Division (LID) 88 and the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) Brigade 6 engaged in clashes in northern Shan State’s Muse...
September 8, 2020
In a new report, the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) highlighted what they say is the failure of the military to take responsibility for...
September 8, 2020
Burma Army spokesperson Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun has said that soldiers in the Tatmadaw can vote for candidates of their choosing in the country’s coming...
September 8, 2020
Maung Maung, an electoral candidate for a Mon State parliamentary seat in Kyaikmayaw Township, has said that his subsequent disqualification by the...
September 8, 2020
The Burma Army’s Light Infantry Division (LID) 88 and the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) Brigade 6 engaged in clashes in northern Shan State’s Muse...
September 8, 2020
In Kachin State, there will be only one army polling station, meaning most soldiers in the state will be voting at the same locations as regular...
September 8, 2020
The National League for Democracy (NLD) said on September 3 that the decision to oust the Kayah state chief minister was a personal attack. U Hla...
September 8, 2020
Ein Soe Phyu — Nearly 1,500 villagers in Taungpauk and Hpayar Paung villages in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, have been forced to flee after fire...
September 8, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — Government spokesperson U Zaw Htay has estimated that Myanmar’s 2020 general election will only be fully held in five of Arakan...