Election laws place strict limitations on candidates for Myanmar’s hluttaw, or parliament. Myanmar has a bicameral legislature consisting of the Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities ...
Lawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging from threats and arrests to ...
Myanmars Supreme Court has agreed to hear a special appeal of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyis bribery conviction for allegedly receiving gold and thousands of dollars from a former political ally, ...
No matter who emerges as Thailand’s next prime minister, the powerful Thai military has the most influence over relations ...
The move could embolden pro-junta groups, and further bloodshed could hamper much-needed relief efforts after Cyclone Mocha ...
Myanmar junta efforts to persuade three pro-resistance ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to support its election plan came to ...
BANGKOK--Martial law was declared in several areas of military-run Myanmar on Thursday ... a move that sets back plans for a general election that had been expected in August.
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YANGON, July 16 (AP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi denied the accusations in an election fraud charge ... and 11 counts under the Anti-Corruption Law, with each count punishable by ...
BANGKOK--Myanmar’s state election commission announced it is prosecuting ... However, the commission’s notice, dated Monday, did not specify which laws would be used to prosecute the accused.
YANGON (AFP): Myanmar will hold a national census late next year, state media reported Friday (March 10), hinting at another delay in elections the junta has pledged to hold to end the crisis ...
BANGKOK (AP) — A top election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule.
