Myanmar's dominant pro-military party won the first phase of junta-run elections, the last released official results showed on Monday, with the USDP taking nearly 90 percent of lower house seats. The ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences Sunday to mark the 78th anniversary of the country's independence from ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-appointed election body has begun announcing the winners of the first phase of its three-part general election, saying that the military-backed party has won the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The political party backed by Myanmar ’s ruling military claimed Tuesday it won a commanding lead in the initial round of the first general election in five years, even though the state ...

Official of the Union Election Commission prepare to close a polling station after the votes are counted, during the first phase of general election, in Naypyitaw ...

Yangon, Myanmar – Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil war rages ...

Dec. 28 (UPI) --Citizens in Myanmar have started voting in an election for the first time in the five since that country's military coup, but many are calling the contest "fake" and "not for the ...

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions. By Sui-Lee ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Myanmar's military rulers are holding a staggered general election beginning Dec. 28 and ending in late January. Their hope is that it will return some stability to the country ...