Kyaw Zwa Moe Archives - The Irrawaddy

Bye Bye, Big Brother

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To mark this week’s 16th anniversary of the former military junta’s arrest of its own notorious security chief, Khin Nyunt, The Irrawaddy revisits a commentary from 2008.

A Few Predictions for Myanmar’s Upcoming Election

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Commentary

By Kyaw Zwa Moe

The political landscape has grown more complex since 2015, but certain electoral trends have remained constant over the decades in elections regarded as free and fair.

Myanmar’s Election a Chance to End a Cycle of Man-Made Disasters

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By Kyaw Zwa Moe

On Nov. 8, Myanmar people will vote for those they believe can repair the damage from the military’s disastrous economic, political and social policies over many decades.

27 September 2020 Where There’s Struggle, There’s Hope

22 September 2020 For Myanmar Voters, the Election Is a Chance to Cast a Ballot for Democracy Itself

10 July 2020 Mired in Inequality and Laid Low by the Virus, the US Offers Little to Emulate

19 June 2020 Recalling a Birthday Marked in Silence

5 June 2020 Myanmar’s Ruling NLD Must Address Its Achilles' Heel: Choosing the Wrong People

1 May 2020 Embracing Isolation: Reflections on the Value of Confinement Amid COVID-19

9 April 2020 Impoverished Myanmar Takes on an Invisible Enemy

20 March 2020 NLD Government No Match for Myanmar Military Chief on Charter Change

12 March 2020 U Win Tin's Lasting Legacy

29 January 2020 Where are the Assassins?

17 January 2020 Beyond the Cliché of ‘Pauk-Phaw’, China and Myanmar Need Each Other

8 November 2019 A Voice From Kachin State on Myanmar’s Stumbling Democracy