Myanmar
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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…
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Dozens killed in hospital strike in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state
Conflict monitors say the junta has increased airstrikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil warDo…
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‘A generation lost at sea’: the desperate Rohingya falling prey to traffickers as they flee Bangladesh
Barred from work and school in Bangladesh, thousands of refugees are making the perilous voyage to Malaysia by…
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Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize
Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed…
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Thailand seizes more than $300m in assets and issues 42 arrest warrants in cyberscam crackdown
Seizures and warrants involve Chinese-Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi, who heads US-sanctioned Prince Group, and Cam…