Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 12/30/2025

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Dec 30, 2025 08:04 pm Sagaing Resistance Seizes Three Budalin Strongpoints as Junta Stages Vote Anti-regime groups launch offensive in town covered by second phase of rigged poll.    read on website

Dec 30, 2025 07:30 pm Empty Polls, Streets Filled With Soldiers as Yangon Votes Under the Gun After five years of brutal military rule, residents of Myanmar's largest city voted with their feet in the first phase of the junta's election on Sunday. read on website

Dec 30, 2025 07:16 pm Myanmar Junta's Proxy Party Claims 80% Election 'Landslide' With all serious opposition politicians in jail or exile, a widespread boycott, and the process heavily rigged in the junta's favor, the USDP ratchets up a widely expected win. read on website

Dec 30, 2025 05:36 pm China Says Myanmar Junta Election Stems From Xi-Min Aung Hlaing Deal Beijing's envoy Deng Xijun said the military's widely condemned poll is the product of top-level agreements, underscoring China's strategic stakes in Myanmar. read on website

MORE ARTICLES The Generals' Election Offers Fake 'Civilian Rule' for Myanmar Election Without Choice: Myanmar Junta's Vote Marks New Phase of Military Domination Myanmar Pro-Military Party Official Says 'Winning' Junta-Run Poll Deathly Quiet Hangs Over Mandalay on Election Day Myanmar Junta's Election Opens Amid Airstrikes and Sparse Turnout

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