The Union Election Commission’s disturbing behaviour towards journalists stirs memories of military rule, when it was dangerous to question those in authority.
The Union Election Commission’s disturbing behaviour towards journalists stirs memories of military rule, when it was dangerous to question those in authority.
Trust in Aung San Suu Kyi, a tight social media strategy and help from business leaders were among the factors behind the National League for Democracy’s landslide election win.
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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။
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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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