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Burma
Also this week, the regime boss continued his preoccupations with pagoda rituals and disparaging the democratically elected government he overthrew.
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Burma
Also this week, Cambodia’s PM jumped the gun, diplomats snubbed the junta foreign minister, a loyal officer was promoted and a flag relay was held amid a COVID surge.
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Guest Column
The Myanmar people have shown that they are committed to the NUG’s Federal Democratic Charter and the end of military dictatorship.
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Guest Column
Inviting some nations and shunning others creates division and gives ammunition to China and Russia; the US should focus on backing democratic youth movements worldwide.
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Burma
Intensive, Chinese-backed banana farming in Myanmar and Laos has resulted in human rights abuses and environmental damage.
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Unlike the Soviet Union, the Chinese are likely to put up a real fight.
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On This Day
This week a year ago, the UEC officially announced a landslide win for the NLD in the general election, with local and foreign monitors ruling the vote free and fair.
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Guest Column
The bloc’s ‘too little, too late’ response to Myanmar’s crisis is emblematic of a wider inability to deal effectively with challenges from COVID to the China-US rivalry.