Myanmar | History, Map, Flag, Population, Capital, Language
Geographical and historical treatment of Myanmar (Burma), including maps and a survey of its people, economy, and government.
Geographical and historical treatment of Myanmar (Burma), including maps and a survey of its people, economy, and government.
Myanmar''s military government is holding elections for the first time since it seized power in a coup five years ago, but Western governments and human rights groups regard the
Despite widespread suffering driven by conflict, displacement and disasters, Myanmar''s humanitarian emergency has become "almost invisible" to the world, the UN''s senior official in
Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected
Nearly five years after it seized power, Myanmar''s military is moving ahead with a multi-phase general election starting on Sunday, despite conflict across the country.
Myanmar''s military seeks to entrench rule as it begins to claw back territory and China presses for stability.
The first of three phases of voting has finished in Myanmar, in an election widely dismissed as a "sham", with major political parties dissolved, leaders jailed and as much as
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