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Campaigning begins in Myanmar's junta-run election

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28-10-2025 17:45 HKT
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Photo by STR / AFP. People drive past an election campaign billboard of Myanmar's chairman of the army-backed ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) Khin Yi ahead of the start of the election campaign in Yangon on October 27, 2025.
Photo by STR / AFP. People drive past an election campaign billboard of Myanmar's chairman of the army-backed ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) Khin Yi ahead of the start of the election campaign in Yangon on October 27, 2025.
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