Yangon, Myanmar, Dec 28, 2025 (AFP) - Polls close in first round of Myanmar's junta-run election: AFP

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2025-12-28

Polls closed in the first round of Myanmar's junta-run elections on Sunday, an AFP journalist saw, ending the opening phase of a month-long vote democracy watchdogs describe as a ploy to rebrand military rule. An AFP journalist saw a polling station put out a final call for voters over loudspeakers before closing at 4:00 pm (1030 GMT) in downtown Yangon, near the site of huge pro-democracy protests in 2021 after the military seized power in a cou......

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