Peaceful vote means continuity in democratic transition but military continues to wield power
PM Modi congratulated Aung San Suu Kyi for her party's win in Myanmar's elections and said he looks forward to continuing to work with her to strengthen ties of friendship between the two countries
A total of 5,639 candidates including 1,106 candidates from the ruling NLD party and 1,089 from the USDP vied for the 1,117 parliamentary seats in Sunday's election
We were aiming to secure 377 seats in total. But it would be likely more than that, said Monywa Aung Shin
There were no reliable official figures available on voter turnout, and the Union Election Commission had earlier said that it might take as long as a week to release full results.
Suu Kyi''s National League for Democracy party won the last elections in 2015 in a landslide, ending more than five decades of military-directed rule in the country
Myanmar's citizens go to the polls in an effort to sustain the fledgling democracy they helped install just five years ago
As the US and Myanmar prepare for November elections, Facebook has removed malicious networks that targeted the countries for violating its policies
S Jaishankar on Friday said both India and Japan have actually started to look at working practically in third countries, adding "we have done a little bit of that in Sri Lanka
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi raised her party's flag at its office in the capital Tuesday to start an election campaign that may be disrupted by a resurgence of the coronavirus
Almost 300 Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday and were evacuated by military, police and Red Cross volunteers, authorities said
The other countries are Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, Angola, and Tajikistan, the report said on Tuesday
They will not be able to stand as candidates because officials accuse them of having foreign roots, news agency Al Jazeera reported
India's Ambassador to Thailand, Suchitra Durai, held a meeting with Unsit Sampuntharat, Governor of Tak province of Thailand in which Mae Sot is located
Suu Kyi was barred from becoming president by a clause in the constitution that was enacted under a previous military government
Book review of The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century
The leaders discussed the evolving Covid-19 scenario in the domestic and regional contexts and updated each other on the steps being taken to control the spread of the pandemic
Suu Kyi was an ardent critic of military rule during her decades-long Nobel Peace prize-winning nonviolent struggle for democracy
Military operations from August 2017 forced about 740,000 Rohingya to flee over the border into sprawling camps in Bangladesh
Xi and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi signed 33 agreements shoring up key projects that are part of the flagship Belt and Road Initiative