Aung San Suu Kyi, upon release from house arrest, greets throngs of cheering, happy crowds in front of her house on University Avenue in Yangon, November 13, 2010. Photo: Mizzima
06 November 2015
Myanmar goes to the polls on November 8 for what voters hope will be the country's...
Arakan National Pary (ANP) campaigning in Pauktaw in Rakhine State on 1 November, 2015. Photo: DMG/Mizzima
06 November 2015
Soe Win, a National League for Democracy (NLD) candidate, ...
A family of Kamans including Than Win, the MP candidate running for a seat in the Rakhine State parliament seen in front of their home in Thandwe. Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now
06 November 2015
In October two years ago, Zaw Lin ran to the top of a forested hill behind his thatch-...
Dr Aye Maung Photo: Myanmar Now
06 November 2015
Aye Maung is the chairman of the Arakan National Party (ANP), ...
Supporters participate during a rally to mark the victory of the passing of ‘Race and Religion Protection Laws,’ in Mandalay on 21 September 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
05 November 2015
The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, ...
Election observers of the European Union (EU) inspect ballot boxes for advance voting at a polling station of South Oakkalarpa township, Yangon, Myanmar, 30 October 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
05 November 2015
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to the Republic of the Union of...
05 November 2015
When millions of Myanmar citizens go to the polls on Nov. 8, many will be hoping their...
NLD chairperson speaks to the media during a press conference for the upcoming general elections at her house in Yangon on 5 November 2015.  Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
05 November 2015
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday she would be “above the...
Parliamentary speaker Thura Shwe Mann, former chairperson of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) party, delivers a speech during his election campaign at Kasipu village in Pyu township of Bago region, Myanmar, 05 October 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
04 November 2015
News of Shwe Mann being thrown out of the USDP days before the historic election has been...
Rohingya, Muslim men check their names on final voter list displayed at Dar Baing Internally Displaced Parsons (IDPs) camp near Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 03 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
04 November 2015
Politicians with ties to Myanmar's Muslim ethnic Rohingya have accused the government of...
USDP campaigning in Mandalay on October 23, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima 
04 November 2015
Myanmar’s parliamentary election slated for November 8, 2015, is fundamentally flawed,...
Myanmar president Thein Sein (C) followed by Myanmar military commender in chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (C-L), gestures as he arrives Sittwe airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 03 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
04 November 2015
A video posted on the Facebook page of Myanmar's president, raising the spectre of...

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