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Election 2020
Some wonder whether the National League for Democracy’s leadership is prepared to ‘walk the walk’ and not just ‘talk the talk’.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy discusses the issue with the executive director of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security in search of an answer.
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Interview
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy spokesman Sai Leik says the new government should offer jobs to ethnic political leaders and devolve powers away from Naypyitaw.
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News
The Trump administration would do well to look to Myanmar’s election for a reminder of what a functioning democratic process looks like.
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Opinion
A strategic partnership between the two countries could reduce the impact of communist China’s footprint in the region.
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Burma
Michael Kyaw Myint, leader of the UEC-dissolved United Democratic Party, has been jailed for two years by a court in Mandalay Region for a prison escape two decades ago.
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Election 2020
Despite poll monitors’ findings that Sunday’s vote went smoothly, the military proxy USDP is disputing the ruling party’s victory and threatening a legal challenge.
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Election 2020
‘The people of Myanmar have clearly demonstrated their attachment to democracy,’ the EU said in a statement on Sunday’s general election.
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Interview
As Myanmar prepares to vote, The Irrawaddy asks international observers who have been following the country’s political issues for years for their views on the Nov. 8 election.
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Election 2020
Merged ethnic parties may be the wild card in Shan as the election nears, but the NLD continues to dominate with urban voters.
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Interview
As Myanmar prepares to vote, The Irrawaddy asks Priscilla Clapp, a former US diplomat and long-term observer of Myanmar, for her views on the Nov. 8 election.
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News
Military proxy USDP leaders believe they can reverse losses suffered at the hands of the NLD in 2015, but the ruling party is confident it can repeat its victory.
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Factiva
This week elderly Myanmar voters cast advance ballots, the UEC warned unruly party supporters, and the November election recorded its first campaign violence fatality.
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Burma
Declaring the NLD’s economic reforms are yielding results, the State Counselor said Myanmar attracted nearly $5.7 billion in FDI in FY2020—98% of the government’s target.
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Burma
Michael Kyaw Myint, leader of the disbanded United Democratic Party, has withdrawn his witnesses and now faces an early judgment.
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