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Burma
Proposed ferry purchase and construction of courthouse and police HQ canceled after President urges development spending; some see Union intervention in Yangon budget.
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Burma
Successor organization to Ma Ba Tha accuses govt of failing the ‘country, race and religion’; ruling party spokesman says voters won’t be swayed by religious extremism.
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Asia
Shah Ali Farhad says Dhaka is concerned that links between NLD and Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League have suffered since Rohingya crisis began in 2017.
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News
Offering comes amid a vocal campaign by the group, which includes denouncing the govt over sedition case against firebrand fugitive monk U Wirathu.
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Dateline
This week, Dateline and guests discuss the 2020 elections, ethnic parties and the NLD.
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Burma
Proposals to be submitted to Parliament next month; report recommends articles be repealed, amended, expanded or retained.
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Burma
NLD candidate Sai Pan Hsai remains Shan State Ethnic Affairs Minister for Mandalay Region after the UEC dismisses election complaints from SNLD challenger Nan Htwe Hmone.
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The opposition party acquired its assets legally, its spokesperson responded to critics that accuse it of being a “party of thieves.”
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Analysis
Maj-Gen. Htun Myat Naing denies links to ARSA, says he doesn’t underestimate the abilities of the Tatmadaw. He welcomes China’s role as peace broker, and foreign investment if it
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Burma
Political analysts are calling a May 23 collaboration between the military and the USDP that offered free medical services an inappropriate political partnership.
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From the Archive
As State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Prague this week, The Irrawaddy revisits an interview with Karel Schwarzenberg, a former Czech foreign minister, from 2014.
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Burma
A candidate who lost out to the vice mayor has complained that he was ineligible to stand for election having been convicted of offences related to public morals.
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News
This is the second move by USDP and military lawmakers to have their own amendment bill considered by Parliament in parallel with the NLD’s constitutional amendment efforts.
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Burma
The Arakan National Party’s previous chairperson, U Aye Maung is serving a 20-year prison sentence for remarks he made at a public event in 2018.
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Asia
The future political power of the Thai military junta that seized control of the country in a 2014 coup now hinges on its ability to form a slim majority coalition.
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