Myanmar

Why is Myanmar's junta holding an election during a civil war? - explainer

Myanmar’s junta-led election is widely viewed as a bid to legitimize military power amid civil war, low turnout, and the exclusion of opposition parties.

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Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021; illustrative.
Election Commission officials count ballots at a polling station during Myanmar's general election in Yangon, Myanmar, December 28, 2025; illustrative.

Final phase of Myanmar's election underway, military-backed party set to win

Myanmar opened polling stations for the final phase of a junta-led election, with low turnout, ongoing fighting, and a military-backed party poised to consolidate power.

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Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

Case accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya to open at ICJ

The outcome will have repercussions beyond Myanmar, likely affecting South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ against Israel over the war in Gaza.

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Police officers stand guard at a polling station inside a school ahead of a general election, in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Myanmar, December 27, 2025.

Myanmar to free over 6,000 prisoners in Independence Day amnesty amid general election

The junta also reduced sentences by one-sixth nationwide, excluding those convicted of serious crimes such as murder, rape, terrorism, corruption, and arms- or drug-related offenses.

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Airstrike during Myanmar concert kills at least 50 - media, opposition

An airstrike killed at least 50 people at a concert in Myanmar held by an ethnic minority group in conflict with the ruling military, opposition groups and media say.

OCTOBER 24, 2022ByREUTERS
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, 2021, presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021.

Russia, Myanmar not invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral - report

About 500 foreign dignitaries are expected to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral in London next week, although Russia, Belarus and Myanmar will not be sending representatives.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022ByREUTERS
The cortege makes its way on The Mall in a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth will lie in state for four days, following her death, in London, Britain September 13, 2022.

Myanmar executes four democracy activists after decades of no death penalty

Myanmar's military junta said today that it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the country, causing an uproar.

JULY 25, 2022ByREUTERS
Myanmar flag.

Religion: A force for good desecrated by bad-faith preachers - opinion

It has been heart-breaking to observe how a religion that could be such a force for peace was instead distorted to justify heinous crimes.

JUNE 19, 2022ByNOOR DAHRI
WAVING HAMAS flags after Ramadan prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22. Occupationalists seems to side with Hamas and not with peaceful Muslim worshipers.

Biden, US rule Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya people

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will announce the decision on Monday at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

MARCH 20, 2022ByREUTERS
Rohingya Muslim men look out from inside a police vehicle, as they are transported from a court hearing on charges of illegally travelling without proper documents, in Pathein, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar December 20, 2019

Girl from Myanmar undergoes cardiac surgery in Israel

Eight-year-old Hannah had to be granted a special permit to fly to Israel for treatment because of civil war in Myanmar.

MARCH 5, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hannah with Morris Kahn.

Deadly Myanmar attack leaves burnt bodies, charity's staff missing

Two staff members of the aid group Save the Children are missing after an attack in Myanmar's Kayah state left at least 30 people dead.

DECEMBER 26, 2021ByREUTERS
Myanmar flag.

From Myanmar to Israel: Doctors wish child 'Merry Christmas'

Physicians from three religious backgrounds came together to wish little Hannah, brought to Israel from Myanmar by Save a Child's Heart, a “Merry Christmas.”

DECEMBER 24, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Physicians from three religious backgrounds came together to wish little Hannah a “Merry Christmas” at the Sylvan Adams Childress Hospital in Holon.

Dozens feared to be missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mine

Jade miners reported to be missing after deadly landslide in Hpakant, the center of Myanmar's secretive jade industry.

DECEMBER 22, 2021ByREUTERS
Rescue workers search for bodies of victims under the debris and mud after a landslide in Mottama, Mon state, Myanmar, August 11, 2019.

Myanmar soldiers accused of killing 11 after charred remains found

Video footage purporting to show the burned bodies was circulated on social media and images were published by some media, including the Myanmar Now news portal.

DECEMBER 8, 2021ByREUTERS
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021.