Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.
A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.
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The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society movement has been a driving force for reform for nearly 30 years, and is likely to emerge as a powerful player in party politics.
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အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်၏ ဥပဒေအကြံပေးဖြစ်သူ ရှေ့နေကြီး ဦးကိုနီအား လုပ်ကြံသတ်ဖြတ်မှုဖြင့် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားသူလေးဦးအား ရန်ကုန် မြောက်ပိုင်းခရိုင်တရားရုံးတွင် ယနေ့နံနက်ပိုင်းက ရုံးထုတ်စစ်ဆေးခဲ့သည်။
The Ethnic Affairs Minister has criticised his lawmaker daughter for successfully proposing a Mon State bridge be named after Bogyoke Aung San.
In a change from the past, the Union Election Commission appointed following the government transition nearly a year ago is winning praise from some political parties as they prepare for by-elections on April 1.
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