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Commentary
Wa leaders finally have the helicopter so long speculated about in local and foreign media. What does its purchase say about the power balance in Myanmar’s northeast?
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Guest Column
Conveniently for the military, the Myanmar government and the international community have opted to push a discredited ‘development over peace’ strategy in Karen State.
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Asia
The US, Japan and 40 other countries have agreed to expand restrictions on the export of software and microchips for use in military weapons systems.
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Burma
The Lower House has voted in support of an election commission proposal requiring military personnel and their families to cast their votes outside military barracks.
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Burma
Myanmar taxpayers are bearing the burden of repaying the loan to China Development Bank.
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Burma
The EU has bestowed its Schuman Awards on a women’s rights activist, a human rights lawyer and a satirical troupe who ‘carry the flame of freedom for others’ in Myanmar.
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Commentary
On a cold night in Shan State’s Loi Tai Leng recently, army generals shared whiskey with ethnic commanders; what does the uneasy camaraderie signal for the peace process?
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Burma
Myanmar’s President U Win Myint has quoted Gen. Aung San to demand the military stop meddling in politics during a ceremony to unveil a statue of the independence hero.
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Analysis
Like the NLD, the USDP once tried to amend the charter, launching its bid in Parliament in 2013. What are the key differences between the two parties’ approaches?
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Burma
‘An artillery shell fell onto my cowshed… Naval vessels fired the shells,’ Rohingya villager says after attack that killed a teenage boy and left two others hurt.
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Burma
The Parliament has approved Lt-Gen Soe Htut as home affairs minister; the incoming minister is viewed as being very close to military chief Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
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Dateline
This week, The Irrawaddy and two veterans of Myanmar’s democracy movement discuss the military’s aversion to charter change, and how the ruling NLD should deal with it.
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Burma
The Kachin Baptist Convention says it is in talks with the military to secure the release of two pastors who allowed a Kachin Revolution Day event in their church.
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Burma
The Election Commission says parties are barred from campaigning in military cantonments for the 2020 election and polling will no longer be conducted inside barracks.
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Analysis
The leaders of Kachin parties say the 2008 Constitution must be reformed ahead of this year’s general election if further bloodshed is to be avoided.
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