Published: 08 Mar 2025 - 09:40 am | Last Updated: 08 Mar 2025 - 09:41 am
(FILES) Myanmar's Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar armed forces, looks on during the 71th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Bangkok: Myanmar's junta chief said the country would hold an election in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since the military staged a coup in 2021.
"We are planning to hold the election in December 2025 or ... by January 2026," General Min Aung Hlaing was quoted as saying in the state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar published Saturday.