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Many condemned the Myanmar Elections as a “sham”, as the most popular party, the National League for Democracy, is banned from running in the election. Stay tuned to this LIVE blog for all the latest
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Myanmar to see restricted polls on Sunday as Junta claims to return to democracy after 5 years
As Myanmar stands just a few hours away from its heavily restricted polls, the junta termed the elections as a return to democracy after five years since it ousted the last elected government, that had made way to a civil war.
A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.
In Mandalay city, about 600 km north of Yangon, the lack of campaigning is palpable, with no sustained canvassing for votes just days ahead of the polls, two residents say.
As Myanmar’s civil war leaves more survivors with limb loss, a lab in Thailand’s Mae Sot is turning to 3D printing to cut costs and streamline prosthetic production.