BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military is pressing ahead with a plan to hold a general election in the next six months, despite opposition from its ASEAN neighbors and a likely outcome that analysts say will not end the civil war and ethnic divisions ravaging the country.
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Myanmar's military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing says the general election will be held sometime in December or January. Observers see the election as the regime's attempt to legitimize its rule. © AP
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