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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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Burma
Fighting has recently ceased between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army with civilians hoping the ceasefire can be extended into 2021.
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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
The armed group has called for voting to be held in Rakhine State by the end of the year in the areas where it was canceled.
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Election 2020
“There was no coordination with the Tatmadaw about it nor is it the stance of the Tatmadaw,” said Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun.
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Election 2020
The State Counselor has urged the public not to be ‘trapped’ by attempts to destabilize the upcoming election.
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Election 2020
The military’s Myawady Daily has been told to stop publishing quotes from Senior General Min Aung Hlaing telling his subordinates how to vote on Nov. 8.
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Burma
Sources say fighting is for control of major river and road links across Rakhine State.
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Election 2020
A National League for Democracy candidate is worried large numbers of military voters could see his constituency, which has a low voter population, won by a rival party.
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Burma
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army has shelled a military battalion and a militia office in response to alleged government offensives.
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Editorial
As Myanmar prepares for November’s general election, the 32nd anniversary of the bloody coup that brought the SLORC to power reminds us of what is at stake.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
The military’s spokesman, Major General Zaw Min Tun, tells The Irrawaddy that thousands of civilians could be quarantined on military land across Myanmar.
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Elections in History
Snr-Gen Saw Maung’s vow that the army would return to the barracks after the 1990 vote never materialized; conspiracy theories about his sudden fall from grace abound.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy talks with a pair of candidates from the National League for Democracy and the People’s Party about the unique election challenges ahead.
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Burma
Civil society organizations are demanding greater protection for women during armed conflict.
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