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Myanmar will hold its first general election in 5 years as criticism of the military rule mounts

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics say will neither restore the country's fragile democracy ...

Myanmar's parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government ...
KGOU

Myanmar attempts to rehabilitate image with Suu Kyi move

State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest ...
WFMZ-TV

Myanmar general looms over poll seen as cementing junta's power

Myanmar's top general Min Aung Hlaing was months from retirement five years ago when he made an about-face, deposed the democratic government and promoted himself to leader. The bespectacled officer ...
AOL

Retired Myanmar general set for powerful role in new parliament, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's Minister of Immigration and Population Khin Yi talks during an Reuters interview at his office in Naypyitaw June 10, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo Feb 25 (Reuters) - A ...
The Gazette

Myanmar’s parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as ...
WFMZ-TV

Myanmar’s parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge

Parliament chairman Aung Lin Dwe, center, arrives for a session of Union Parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) Parliament chairman Aung Lin Dwe, center, ...