Myanmar votes again in military's lopsided election


People walk past an election banner ahead of a general election in Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Myanmar, December 27, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Voters in war-torn Myanmar cast ballots in ‌the second stage of an election dominated so far by a party backed by the ruling military, as the junta sought to gloss ‌over a low turnout in the initial round of a contest widely derided as a sham.

Myanmar has been ravaged by conflict since ‌the military staged a coup against a civilian government in 2021 and detained its leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, unleashing a civil war that engulfed swathes of the country of 51 million people.

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