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Analysis
The National League for Democracy says it wants to hear the voices and concerns of ethnic parties but has been inflexible on where to open their talks.
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Burma
Visiting Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing would supply 300,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Myanmar.
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Burma
The government’s new approach to negotiating peace aims for greater inclusiveness and to bring non-NCA signatories into the process, the State Counselor said.
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Burma
Observers welcomed the move as a further sign that both sides in the Rakhine conflict are serious about peace and said it raised hopes that canceled voting could be held.
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Opinion
Understanding these eight points about Thailand’s geopolitical strategy will help the Biden administration achieve its aims in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy explores whether the USDP’s repeated failures at the polls will move the Tatmadaw into a new era with the governing NLD.
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Analysis
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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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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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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Election 2020
Election sub-commissions in several parts of the country are investigating complaints of improper ballot handling, fake stamps and other violations during early voting.
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Election 2020
This week the Arakan Army admitted abducting three ruling party candidates, unsealed advance ballots from the military were rejected, and ethnic parties asked that cancellation areas
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Analysis
Before his detention, the key figure behind the UDP developed a network of connections ranging from Chinese triads and Wa warlords to the DEA and foreign diplomats.
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Election 2020
In Kayah State, an alliance between ethnic parties and dissatisfaction with the NLD’s record over the past five years could hurt the ruling camp in the election.
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Election 2020
This week a survey claimed trust in Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has risen, an NLD member fled a mob and other parties stepped up campaigning despite COVID-19 rules.
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Election 2020
Three hopefuls from popular ethnic parties and a ruling party lawmaker touted their policies and grilled one another in a pre-election debate in Kachin State on Monday.