Myanmar junta chief insists on polls amid seismic defeats


Police officers stand at attention during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 80th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Thursday, March 27, 2025. - AP

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar's junta chief insisted Thursday (March 27) that a planned election will go ahead despite the country's spiralling civil war, in a speech to thousands of soldiers and dignitaries at the annual Armed Forces Day parade.

Min Aung Hlaing condemned the array of armed groups fighting his rule as "terrorist insurgents" driven by "warlordism", after a year of seismic battlefield defeats.

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