Myanmar
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Inside Myanmar’s five-year armed resistance – a photo essay
Five years after the junta’s coup, the civil war devastating Myanmar has reached a turning point. The military…
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Junta-backed party secures sweeping victory in Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election
Human rights groups and some western countries have denounced the election, the first held since the 2021 coup…
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China executes 11 people linked to Myanmar scam operation
Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar indu…
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‘This is a fake election’: Polls close in Myanmar but voters have little doubt junta proxy will prevail
After arresting political opponents, banning the most popular party and using violence to crush dissent, the m…
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Myanmar military proxy expected to win landslide in widely denounced election
Voting ends in month-long poll derided internationally as sham designed to cement army’s grip on powerVoting i…
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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ – podcast
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponise…
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‘Big step forward’: Myanmar military faces Rohingya genocide case at UN court
Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocid…
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Myanmar junta holds second phase of election widely decried as a ‘sham exercise’
UN and many western countries as well as human rights groups say that in the absence of a meaningful oppositio…
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Military-backed party in Myanmar takes lead in contentious first election since coup
Junta says turnout in first vote in five years is 52%, which observers have described as low compared to past …
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‘We are always living in fear’: inside Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election
Myanmar’s military rulers are holding the first elections since the 2021 coup, and life in the country’s bigge…
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Polls close in first phase of Myanmar elections widely condemned as a sham
Turnout appears low for vote in which most candidates seen as allies of junta and large areas excluded by warP…
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Myanmar is going to the polls. But it’s not the people who hold the power – it’s China
As the military pushes ahead with a widely condemned election, Beijing’s priorities are proving decisiveMyanma…
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‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power
Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward d…
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Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 coup: everything you need to know
The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are waryFive years af…
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Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world
Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars…