As people trickled into polling stations scattered across Myanmar to vote in the country’s first elections since the 2021 military coup, much of the nation remained consumed by war . On a TV screen at polling stations , a smiling woman sang and danced : “Hey dear friends, so that a colorful future may bloom, let us choose those who will shape tomorrow.” The military junta has billed the vote, which was held in three stages concluding this Sunday, as a return to democracy. International