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Guest Column
Pornpimol Kanchanalak should recall the history of bilateral ties before putting too much stock in a ‘special relationship’ between Bangkok and the Myanmar military.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, the regime goes into defensive mode as it puts its troops on “emergency alert” and Karen State has become the deadliest place in Myanmar for junta soldiers.
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Burma
Min Aung Hlaing honored his predecessors and artists from British colonial times with posthumous medals.
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Guest Column
It is a historical irony that Armed Forces Day, commemorated on March 27, marks the day in 1945 that Gen. Aung San’s army rose up against Imperial Japan.
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Commentary
Regime boss Min Aung Hlaing is also unrivaled in his brutality and cruelty, which exceed those of even his notorious predecessors Ne Win and Than Shwe.
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Commentary
Ne Win’s 1962 coup was the root of the evils that plague Myanmar today. Min Aung Hlaing chose to perpetuate those evils—a choice that will, in time, be his downfall.
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Commentary
The disastrous events triggered by the coup have convinced Myanmar’s people there can be no place for the current military institution in their country’s future.
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Burma
When he became military chief in 2011, Min Aung Hlaing did not own a home. Now he has two in the wealthy neighborhood, both far outside the range of his official salary.
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Burma
The European Union’s Ambassador to Myanmar has moved out of the grand house owned by relatives of the late General Ne Win after eight years of living there.
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Specials
Almost all of the high-profile cases since independence have involved persecution by the military, or the trial of someone trying to kill a military dictator.
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Guest Column
Those of us who live in hiding do so in order to survive; not for ourselves, but so we can continue doing our part to rid the country of dictatorship once and for all.
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Analysis
History shows the city state is happy to let Myanmar’s generals provide the ‘stability’ needed to protect investment, while letting them reside and seek treatment there.
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Guest Column
Change—for better or worse—is most likely to come from within the Tatmadaw.
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Burma
The foiled plot to kill or injure Myanmar’s UN ambassador continues a bloody tradition of eliminating political dissidents.
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Burma
Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday announced he was heading a caretaker government ahead of polls to be held by 2023, raising the specter of Ne Win’s 26-year authoritarian regime.