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Stateless Rohingya Rue Myanmar’s Election From Exile
Source: BARRON’S | By Agence France-Presse
“How can you call this an election when the inhabitants are gone and a war is raging?” said 51-year-old Kabir Ahmed in Bangladesh’s Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp complex.
Myanmar junta lifts Yangon curfew ahead of elections
Source: BARRON’S | By Agence France-Presse
Myanmar’s junta said on Friday it will lift a curfew imposed in Yangon since its 2021 coup, just days before the start of elections it touts as a return to normality.
Myanmar Election’s Third Phase to Cover Fewer Areas Than Thought
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
The junta previously admitted 56 townships are off-limits, and that number has now grown by another nine—but even that seems wildly ambitious.
Junta Blacklists Myanmar Expats in Korea Over Election Protests
Source: The Irrawaddy
The junta-controlled Myanmar Embassy in South Korea has reportedly blacklisted some participants of a December 7 anti-election protest in Daegu, according to sources close to the organizers.
Myanmar Junta Bars Independent Domestic Monitors From Sunday’s Election
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Zaw Myat Khant
While Myanmar’s military regime has invited its international allies and other autocratic governments to observe its election, it has barred independent domestic monitoring groups.
Who, Where, and Why: Inside the Myanmar Junta’s Phase One Election
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
The junta announced the election will be held in three phases: in 102 townships on Sunday, across 100 townships on January 11, and in 63 townships on January 25.
Cardinal Bo: Let 2026 be a year of disarmed peace for Myanmar
Source: Asia News
In his Christmas message, the archbishop of Yangon prays for peace in a country that has been torn by civil war for almost five years.
Bangladesh: protests Rohingya settlements spark security concerns in Jammu
Source: The News Now | By Sumit Sharma
The issue of illegal Rohingya settlements in Jammu has come under the spotlight following protests against attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh.
Sagaing Federal Unit Hluttaw appoints 12 new officials to its interim administration
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
I think it can listen more closely to people’s voices, work intimately with revolutionary groups, and move toward the success of the revolution,” Zaw Hlaing Thein, the SFUH secretary, told DVB
KSDP Chairman Says Support for Military Junta’s Election is Low in Karenni State, While Support for Revolution Remains at 90%
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
But, there may still be people living under the control of the military junta who are unable to actively participate in the revolution. Those people may end up voting or participating in the administrations formed by the junta due to pressure and intimidation,
Myanmar junta gyrocopter attacks kill two and injure three in Myaing Township
Source: Mizzima
Two local residents, including a woman, were killed and three others sustained severe injuries after Myanmar junta forces conducted a series of aerial attacks using gyrocopters in Myaing Township, Magway Region
Sagaing Federal Unit Interim Government appoints deputy prime minister and 11 ministers
Source: Mizzima
The 7th Sagaing Hluttaw, convened on 23 December, approved the appointment of a deputy prime minister and 11 ministers to serve in the Sagaing Federal Unit Interim Government.
Myanmar Sets Late January Date For Final Election Round
Source: BARRON’S | By Agence France Presse
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.
Myanmar Junta Chief Mobilizes Navy for Election Season Offensive
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has instructed his Navy to train for amphibious assaults, inland waterway operations, and ground combat as the regime accelerates efforts to recapture resistance-held territory ahead of its elections starting on Sunday.
Myanmar Business Owners Arrested as Junta Tightens Tax Noose on Mon State
Source: The Irrawaddy
At least 15 business owners in Mon State have been arrested in a regime crackdown on tax evasion and funding of anti-regime groups, according to business sources.
Junta Sustains Heavy Losses in Battle for Hill Guarding Arms Factory
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Lin Thit
Heavy fighting is raging around the strategic Point 666 hill that guards the approach to a regime ordnance factory in Bago Region’s Padaung Township and has been seized by the Arakan Army (AA).
Myanmar’s 2025 Election: Rhetoric and Realities
Source: FULCRUM
The Myanmar junta is casting the upcoming elections as a “reset” and transition towards normalcy. Such rhetoric should be taken with a dollop of salt.
Myanmar regime shift from battlefield to ballots faces long odds
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Reuters
From inside a military base last week, Myanmar regime leader Min Aung Hlaing announced who he wanted voters to pick in Sunday’s general election, nearly five years after seizing power in a 2021 military coup.
CDF-Paletwa bars Chin youths from leaving Paletwa Township
Source: Burma News International | By Khonumthung News
All except those with special health and education permits have been banned from leaving the area since December 20, the CDF-Paletwa declared.
At least six philanthropists killed in junta attacks in Arakan State
Source: Development Media Group
An airstrike by the regime on Mrauk-U Hospital on December 10 killed four members of the Mrauk-U Youths Association (MUYA), which was assisting emergency patients at the hospital.
Military regime intends to rebuild two reservoirs costing around Ks 4 billion on Kyaukphyu’s Madae Island, hub to Chinese projects
Source: Narinjara News | By Maung Sar Ga
A meeting to coordinate the construction of the reservoirs took place at the Rakhine State Government Office in Sittwe Township on the afternoon of December 22.
Russia and Myanmar launch joint organic fertilizer factory project
Source: Mizzima
A Myanmar junta-controlled newspapers reported on 20 December that a joint Russia-Myanmar organic foliar fertilizer factory will be built in Naypyidaw
Massive arson campaign by Myanmar junta troops leaves seven Sagaing villages in ruins
Source: Mizzima
“Well-built houses were also destroyed in the fire. Even the houses that weren’t burned were thoroughly ransacked. There are also some houses that were set on fire but did not burn down completely,” said a local man from Kyauk Maw.
Fake Job Offer Leads to Kidnapping and Ransom in Shan State
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
“Before, human trafficking was something we associated with people going abroad,” the activist said. “Now, because of these scam gangs, internal trafficking is happening inside the country.
Jammu lawyers protest Bangladesh lynching, seek eviction of Rohingya refugees
Source: The Telegraph | By Muzaffar Raina
Association asks Modi to either bring Hindus to India or ensure their protection in Bangladesh