U Aung Thein Lin from USDP party greets the supporters during the election campaign in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon on September 19, 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
14 October 2015
Myanmar election authorities Tuesday confirmed that landmark polls would go ahead on...
People vote at a polling station in the Mayangone township of Yangon, Myanmar, 01 April 2012. Photo: Thet Htoo/EPA
12 October 2015
It was early afternoon, but the small prayer hall was dark, its walls and pillars lined...
A young supporter holds the picture of Aung San, father of Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's founding father, on Martyrs' Day commemorations in Yangon, July 19, 2015. (PHOTO - Myanmar Now/ Hkun Lat) 
10 October 2015
It’s the National League for Democracy or nothing, according to a straw poll of voters in...
Myanmar military high ranking officers attend the 67th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2012. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
09 October 2015
The outcome of Myanmar’s forthcoming national elections will do nothing to reduce the...
Khin Ma Ma Myo, founder of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security Studies (PHOTO:- Myanmar Now/Phyo Thiha Cho)
08 October 2015
Khin Ma Ma Myo is the founder and executive director of ...
People check their name on the voters' list in Tharkayta township, Yangon on 14 September 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
07 October 2015
The International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance - or International IDEA...
USDP members campaigning in Myaungmya in September, 2015. Photo: Mizzima
05 October 2015
On a recent hot afternoon on a bustling street in Hlaing Thayar Township, residents and...
Campaigners in Mandalay region. Photo: Aung Ko Oo/Mizzima
14 September 2015
In a packed, windowless room, 40 or so candidates preparing to run in Myanmar’s general...
Rohingya MP Shwe Maung (R) talks as Charles Santiago, a Malaysian MP, the chair of The ASEAN parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) (L) stands beside him during a press call in front of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission office in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 September 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
11 September 2015
As campaigning continues for 8 November elections, wide-ranging discrimination continues...
Almost everybody of voting age gets the chance to chose a candidate and vote. Photo: Mizzima
28 May 2015
The International Crisis Group recently released a report on the 2015 Myanmar election...
No easy answers for opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Mizzima
20 May 2015
Myanmar is moving towards a general election later this year which, while likely to bring...
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Information Minister U Ye Htut (R) arrive at a meeting to celebrate International Press Freedom Day in Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
20 May 2015
Recent events reveal surprising insights into which national ...

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