
Myanmar Ruling Party Claims Victory After Strong Election Turnout
Officials of Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling National League for Democracy have claimed victory in Myanmar parliamentary elections on Nov. 8, which saw millions of voters brave long lines under tight coronavirus restrictions to turn out for the country's second democratic election since the end of military rule. Votes were still being counted and no official projection has been released.
Vietnam Digs Out After Typhoon Molave Leaves 3 Dead, 26 Missing
Residents of central Vietnam are surveying the damage and cleaning up debris after Typhoon Molave smashed coastal regions Wednesday, leaving at least 3 dead, and 26 missing. Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces suffered the brunt of the latest deadly storm in a month of extreme weather events that have claimed nearly 150 lives in the Southeast Asian country.
Vietnam Braces for Typhoon Molave After a Deadly Month of Storms
Fishermen moved boats to safer ground and villagers boarded up their homes across a wide swathe of coastal central Vietnam, as the Southeast Asian country prepared to evacuate nearly 1.3 million people ahead of Typhoon Molave. Molave, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, will be the fourth storm to hit Vietnam in a month that saw 130 people killed and left 20 others missing.
Myanmar's Regional, Ethnic Political Parties Fly Their Colors Before Polls
Myanmar, a multiethnic nation of 54 million people the size of France or Texas, holds nationwide elections on Nov. 8, with some 7,000 candidates from more than 90 parties, as well as independents, are vying for more than 1,100 seats available in both houses of the national parliament and in state and regional legislatures.