Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war and humanitarian crisis

Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia’s worst humanitarian crises.

Already one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries, Myanmar has been hammered by a conflict triggered by a 2021 coup in which the military ousted an elected civilian government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

WHAT IS THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION?

Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is one of the most severe in Asia...