Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/26/2025

Read in browser here ABOUT BURMESE VERSION DONATE

Dec 26, 2025 08:48 pm Who, Where, and Why: Inside the Myanmar Junta's Phase One Election As the regime presses ahead with a tightly controlled first phase of voting on Sunday, large swathes of the country remain beyond its reach and political opponents are shut out.     read on website

Dec 26, 2025 07:56 pm Myanmar Junta Bars Independent Domestic Monitors From Sunday's Election    Scrutiny of vote widely regarded as a fraud to entrench military rule will be confined to regime's supporters at home and abroad. read on website

Dec 26, 2025 06:29 pm Myanmar Election's Third Phase to Cover Fewer Areas Than Thought On Jan. 25, the junta hopes, another 63 townships will go to the polls, whether its writ runs there or not. But even that is nine fewer than expected. read on website

Dec 26, 2025 04:32 pm Why Myanmar's Election Is Rigged The junta-organized election has been engineered in a myriad subtle and unsubtle ways to ensure there can only be one winner: the military regime. read on website

Dec 26, 2025 03:53 pm Junta Blacklists Myanmar Expats in Korea Over Election Protests Military regime exports repression abroad as Seoul embassy targets protesters for rallying against its sham poll. read on website

MORE ARTICLES Myanmar's Quagmire: 2025 in Review Myanmar Junta Chief Mobilizes Navy for Election Season Offensive Myanmar Junta Escalates Attacks on Civilians in Election Countdown Myanmar Business Owners Arrested as Junta Tightens Tax Noose on Mon State Junta Sustains Heavy Losses in Battle for Hill Guarding Arms Factory

Copyright © 2025 The Irrawaddy, All rights reserved. dailynews@irrawaddy.org  |  Forward to a friend You have received this email as you are a current or prospective client of The Irrawaddy. If you think this isn't the case and would like to opt out click Unsubscribe. We hope to see you again sometime.