| Myanmar Electoral Body Condemned for Choice of No-Voting Areas Posted: 19 Oct 2020 06:46 AM PDT  Critics have raised questions over the areas where voting has been banned by the UEC for alleged security reasons. |
| COVID-19 Ravages Myanmar Nursing Home Posted: 19 Oct 2020 06:45 AM PDT  Yangon's authorities say 62 out of 66 residents at a care home have tested coronavirus-positive as the virus continues to grip the city. |
| Shady Boss of Myanmar’s UDP Michael Kyaw Myint More Than Just a Fugitive Posted: 19 Oct 2020 06:26 AM PDT  Before his detention, the key figure behind the UDP developed a network of connections ranging from Chinese triads and Wa warlords to the DEA and foreign diplomats. |
| Myanmar’s Ethnic Parties Slam Decision to Cancel Voting in Strongholds Posted: 19 Oct 2020 05:29 AM PDT  Five ethnic-minority parties have criticized the Union Election Commission's decision to cancel voting in constituencies where they were expecting to win on Nov. 8. |
| US, France Condemn Abduction of Three Ruling Party Candidates in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Posted: 19 Oct 2020 05:19 AM PDT  The US and French embassies have called for the release of three NLD candidates abducted in Rakhine; the trio haven't been heard from since their kidnapping on Oct. 14. |
| NLD and USDP Organizers to be Prosecuted for Ignoring Myanmar’s COVID-19 Restrictions Posted: 19 Oct 2020 03:06 AM PDT  Event organizers from the National League for Democracy and Union Solidarity and Development Party in coronavirus-hit Pathein face prosecution over Saturday's rallies. |
| The Day Myanmar’s Military Intelligence Chief was Sacked Posted: 19 Oct 2020 02:57 AM PDT  On this day in 2004, the military regime's prime minister, General Khin Nyunt, was ejected from office for alleged corruption, defying orders and lawbreaking. |
| What the 2020 Election Holds for Myanmar’s Kayah State Posted: 19 Oct 2020 12:51 AM PDT  In Kayah State, an alliance between ethnic parties and dissatisfaction with the NLD's record over the past five years could hurt the ruling camp in the election. |
| Myanmar’s Election Body Dissolves United Democratic Party Over Illegal Funding Posted: 18 Oct 2020 11:59 PM PDT  The Union Election Commission has dissolved the United Democratic Party, saying its detained leader funded the party using money illegally transferred from China. |
Myanmar continues to attract foreign investment from Europe and Hong Kong, despite the impact of COVID-19, which continues to hit exporters.
This week the Arakan Army admitted abducting three ruling party candidates, unsealed advance ballots from the military were rejected, and ethnic parties asked that cancellation areas be reconsidered.
The Irrawaddy talks with two candidates in their 20s about what motivates their candidacies and what unique challenges they are encountering in their campaigns.
