Election 2015

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The scene at a press conference for Ban Ki-moon and Aung San Suu Kyi at her lakeside home in Yanong in 2012. Photo: Mizzima
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10 November 2015
UN chief congratulates people of Myanmar for ‘...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ...
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10 November 2015
Suu Kyi party chalks up wins in first Myanmar...
Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party on Monday cheered early results from...
Supporters of National League for Democracy (NLD) party celebrate in front of the NLD headquarters a day after general elections in Yangon, Myanmar, 09 November 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/Mizzima
Election 2015
09 November 2015
Suu Kyi party says on track to win 70% of Myanmar...
Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party said Monday it was set to claim over 70 percent of...
Supporters of National League for Democracy (NLD) party react as they wait for election results in front of NLD headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, 09 November 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo BO/EPA
Election 2015
09 November 2015
Suu Kyi supporters optimistic as Myanmar vote...
Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party were optimistic Monday of a victory in...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (Photo: EPA)
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09 November 2015
US hails Myanmar vote as ‘important step forward’
The United States welcomed Myanmar's landmark election Sunday, but warned of "important...
Election 2015
09 November 2015
USDP acting chairman tells media ‘we lost’
In two separate interviews with international media, (USDP) acting chairman U Htay Oo...
Photo: Mizzima
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09 November 2015
Thai border troops primed for possible Myanmar...
Thai security authorities along the Myanmar border have been put on alert in preparation...
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09 November 2015
Expectations and hopes of Myanmar voters captured...
A survey carried out between 14th and 31st October 2015 captured the people of Myanmar’s...
People line up to cast their votes at a polling station in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
Election 2015
09 November 2015
Myanmar counts ballots after Suu Kyi's day...
Vote counting in Myanmar's landmark election was well underway Monday following a massive...
President Thein Sein casts his vote at a poll station in Napyitaw, Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: Aung Htet/EPA
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08 November 2015
High level of confidence in the fairness of the...
A survey carried out between 14 and 31 October 2015, found that the 2015 general...
Voters and media people jostle at the voting station in Bahan. James Coe/Mizzima
Election 2015
08 November 2015
Polls opened this morning for Myanmar’s first...
Dozens of foreign journalists lined up in Bahan, ...
Members of National League for Democracy (NLD) party steer horse-drawn coaches during an election campaign rally in the town of Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay region, Myanmar, 24 October 2015. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
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08 November 2015
In “army town” Pyin Oo Lwin, NLD hopes for victory
Voting was brisk in the hotly-contested constituency of PyinOoLwin in Mandalay Region on...

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