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Specials
Myanmar’s ties with Japan have been close since Gen. Aung San met with a visiting Japanese military officer in 1940. Here are the key events that have shaped bilateral relations since
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Burma
The Sagaing regional government has granted approval for the pagoda to lose the gold paint and return to its original white color.
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Burma
The military-aligned opposition party said the "national interest" was at the top of its agenda and pledged to prevent any "territorial loss” or "bullying from foreign countries.
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Burma
The late US senator’s support for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi saw him banned from the country for 15 years; he later clashed with her government over the Rohingya.
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Burma
In leading the government's Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, the late UN secretary-general helped win rare international praise for Myanmar in the wake of the Rohingya crisis.
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In Person
USDP spokesperson U Thein Tun Oo discusses the upcoming by-election, the peace process, his party’s efforts to enhance its image and the 2020 election.
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Dateline
On the occasion of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 73rd birthday, The Irrawaddy discusses her main achievements and failures and what legacy she is likely to leave behind.
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Burma
The Tatmadaw chief spoke about national sovereignty, condemned religious prejudice, and insisted that free speech must have limits.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy discusses achievements and challenges in that time with two veterans of the student and pro-democracy movements.
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From the Archive
Mired beneath the Yangon River for more than four centuries, the Dhammazedi Bell has become a symbol of all that unites and divides this nation.
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From the Archive
100 years since his birth, Aung San’s aspirations for a unified and democratic Myanmar are yet to be realized.
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Burma
Painted gold after a visit by Snr-Gen Than Shwe, locals want the famed pagoda returned to its original color.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy discusses to what extent the country will be able to move forward in 2018 amid political problems that surfaced in the past year.
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Commentary
With the Rakhine crisis strengthening China's hand and limiting Western influence here, the government must plot a new strategic course.
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