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Commentary
With an election looming, we can only expect their hate-mongering to intensify
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Asia
Opposition parties have threatened legal action against new seat allocation rules they save have robbed their “democratic front” alliance of a parliamentary majority.
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Interview
An interview with communications and human rights specialist James Gomez on the power of fake news abroad and the role it’s likely to play in next year’s general elections.
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Asia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is gunning for a second term having campaigned strongly on his national security record following a flare up in tensions with Pakistan.
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Burma
U Soe Lwin, a commercial rubber grower and former building contractor, was chosen in a secret ballot by the 11 members of the YCDC executive board.
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Burma
The NLD took 89 of the 105 seats up for grabs on Sunday while independents grabbed the other 16, leaving the military-backed USDP without a single win.
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Burma
Fewer than an tenth of the city's more than 3 million eligible voters had gone to the polls in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to PACE, an election monitor.
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On This Day
On March 14, 1952, U Nu became prime minister after leading the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League to victory in the country’s first general election.
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Asia
Many so called "buzzer" teams, named for the social media buzz they aim to create, often using fake accounts, have sprung up ahead of the presidential election next month.
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Burma
An objection was submitted about the logo of the new Democratic Party of National Politics party which is headed by former military officers.
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Women
More women are contesting for leading positions in Yangon City Development Committee, but the number remains vastly disproportionate to that of male candidates.
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Asia
Modi, who faces a general election by May, said he had given security forces a free hand to avenge last week's killings, the deadliest attack on security forces in decades.
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Asia
In stunning move, Princess Ubolratana breaks tradition of royals eschewing politics
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Asia
There is mounting concern in India that party workers could abuse the platform by using automated tools for mass messaging, or spread false news to sway voters.
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Burma
The local election commission said it no longer believed that the use of party logos during the campaign period posed a risk to a free and fair poll.
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