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Turnout appears low for vote in which most candidates seen as allies of junta and large areas excluded by war

Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a civil war

ON THE GROUND: With only parties vetted by the military allowed to contest Myanmar’s first election in five years, Sara Perria speaks to people in Yangon and Mandalay who are heading out to vote because they are being forced – not out of any hope for a better future

The UN has warned the military-controlled election is unfolding amid violence, intimidation and arrests. The country’s former leader has not been heard from in two years

Four upcoming elections are set to shape the politics and security of a region that sits at the strategically sensitive junction of India and China and directly affect the lives of a population larger than that of every country in the world barring India and China.

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy

Prominent cultural figures have been handed harsh years-long prison sentences for questioning a state propaganda film

The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are wary

Taiwanese police rule out terrorism after smoke grenade and knife attack

Myanmar’s military issues rare response after Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, raises alarm over her condition