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Bringing Myanmar Puppetry Back to Life
Devotees struggle to revive interest in the traditional art amid local indifference and official paranoia.
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Deputy Home Affairs Minister Leaves Post to Return to Top Military Job
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Newly promoted Lt Gen Aung Soe will head Bureau of Special Operations and help oversee troubled Rakhine State
This Week in Parliament (May 21-25)
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This Irrawaddy briefs you on the week that was in the national legislature.
Assessing the Government’s Stepped-up Fight Against Corruption
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The Irrawaddy discusses the main challenges in the ruling party’s battle against Myanmar’s entrenched culture of graft.
Corruption-Tainted Planning and Finance Minister Resigns
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President approves U Kyaw Win’s departure as Anti-Corruption Commission confirms minister is under investigation
Women Photographers Tell Life Stories Through Images
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Thuma Collective, a group of local women photographers, presents the ‘Us and Beyond’ exhibition in Yangon through early next month
ICRC Ready to Help With POW Handover If Asked
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The Arakan Army says it would like the ICRC to help with the handover of three Myanmar military soldiers it captured on Sunday in Rakhine State.
General Turned Restaurateur No Longer Has Time for Golf
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At the height of his power, Lun Maung was the former regime’s auditor general. But he has found contentment waiting tables at a roadside diner.
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Government Fails Basic Test of Democracy with Silence over Kachin Crisis
Mandate to rule is being eroded by inaction over humanitarian emergency in the north
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A New Business Sense Helps Bind the Ties Among Northern Alliance Members
UWSA and KIA’s arms factories seen as a model by smaller ethnic armies.
Myanmar’s Failing Peace
Prospects for peace are fading and the latest escalation in fighting is a sign that ethnic armed groups are losing faith in negotiations with the government
Police Incompetence on Full Display at Anti-War Protest
The Home Affairs Ministry must explain why civilian thugs were allowed to attack a peaceful demonstration in Yangon
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Deputy Home Affairs Minister Leaves Post to Return to Top Military Job
This Week in Parliament (May 21-25)
ICRC Ready to Help With POW Handover If Asked
Myanmar GDP on the Rise, Expected to Continue: World Bank
Minimum Wage Hike Only a First Step, Labor Activists Say
Rakhine Developer Defies Gov’t Order to Halt New Town Project
Assessing the Government’s Stepped-up Fight Against Corruption
Peaceful Protests, Civilian Thugs, and How to Move Forward In Line With the Law
Poor Prospects for Peace in Face of Military Might
Government Fails Basic Test of Democracy with Silence over Kachin Crisis
A New Business Sense Helps Bind the Ties Among Northern Alliance Members
Myanmar’s Failing Peace
Enjoy Authentic Kayan Cuisine with a River View in Yangon
Ten Things to Do in Yangon This Week
Ten Things to Do in Yangon This Week
Enjoy Authentic Kayan Cuisine with a River View in Yangon
The Sule Shangri-La Turns on the Style for Mango Season
Wa Restaurant Brings Food From the Mountains to the Big City
Women Photographers Tell Life Stories Through Images
Elderly Artists Defy Stereotypes With New Group Show
Artist Brings the Stone Age to Yangon