Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, ...

In the lacklustre canvassing ahead of the polls, the USDP was the most visible. Founded in 2010, the year it won an election ...

Observers say the vote, accompanied by a renewed crackdown on dissent, is meant to entrench the junta's power.

Critics charge that the election is designed to add a facade of legitimacy to military rule. Final results are expected to be ...