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Myanmar's military is planning to hold a general election. Critics say it's a sham

Myanmar's military is planning a general election this month, one critics call a sham that comes in the midst of a nearly five-year long civil war that's left thousands dead and millions displaced.

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Michael Sullivan is NPR's Senior Asia Correspondent. He moved to Hanoi to open NPR's Southeast Asia Bureau in 2003. Before that, he spent six years as NPR's South Asia correspondent based in but seldom seen in New Delhi.
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