Yangon, Myanmar, Dec 25, 2025 (AFP) - Myanmar sets late January date for final election round

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2025-12-25

Myanmar's junta will stage the third and final round of its heavily restricted elections on January 25, a statement said Thursday, just days before polls open for the first batch of ballots. Democracy watchdogs say the junta-run vote is a charade to rebrand the rule of the military, which snatched power in a 2021 coup triggering a civil war that has seen much of the country captured by rebel factions. Democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi remain......

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