Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/28/2025

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Dec 28, 2025 08:23 pm Myanmar Junta's Election Opens Amid Airstrikes and Sparse Turnout A roundup of live updates from The Irrawaddy's coverage of the first phase of voting on Sunday, which was marked by violence, protests and low turnout. read on website

Dec 28, 2025 06:48 pm Security Tightened After Resistance Blasts on Election Eve Resistance forces in Mandalay and Karen State's Myawaddy attack regime installations with homemade rockets and bombs ahead of nationwide polls. read on website

Dec 28, 2025 05:13 pm 'Unfair Election': Young Voters Shun Myanmar Junta's Poll Turnout plunges as military pushes ahead with vote widely condemned as a sham five years after seizing power. read on website

Dec 28, 2025 01:38 pm Myanmar Junta Stages Election After Five Years of Civil War Early voter turnout is thin as polling stations open for the first phase of staggered elections that have been widely dismissed as a sham. read on website

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