Since President Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian government took charge in 2011, recent violence against Muslims and claims the violence was instigated by a hardline faction in the government has raised questions over whether reforms will be sidetracked by hardliners. In an editorial, the state-run New Light of Myanmar on Wednesday wrote a less than masked warning against “narcissistic leaders,” in characteristically bizarre prose. Leadership “is a series of arbitrary choices and decisions,” the paper said. “Narcissistic leaders…will continue to serve in government… all are to say no to narcissistic leaders who pose a grave threat to democratization.”
Exodus: Tens of Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Troops Face Last Stand in Kokang
Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army troops are opening roads and pathways through forests for people to flee Kokang’s capital as...
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