Myanmar's military has announced the first phase of a general election to be held in late December, in a poll widely seen as an attempt to lend the junta legitimacy following its 2021 coup.
Even today, observers still speculate about the military’s power grab, looking for subtler motives—but it really was a primitive as it looked, says Bertil Lintner.
BANGKOK(AP) — Min Aung Hlaing, who as Myanmar ’s military commander had led the Southeast Asian nation with an iron fist since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021, ...