The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.
The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.
Lifelong revolutionary Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung speaks to Frontier’s Naw Betty Han about his decision to resign as a senior Karen National Union leader in order to make a run for parliament.
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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Escalating fighting, bitter and growing ethnic tensions and mysterious killings are blighting Rakhine State, and the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon.
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Yangon holds its first municipal elections in more than 60 years with universal adult suffrage, but most residents stay shy of the polling stations.
ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာရေးကော်မတီ အဆင့်ဆင့် ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့တွင် ယနေ့ (မတ် ၃၁ ရက်)က ကျင်းပခဲ့ရာ စိတ်ဝင်စားသူနည်းပါးခဲ့ပြီး မဲစာရင်းတွင် အမည်မပါရှိသဖြင့် မဲပေးခွင့်မရသူများလည်းရှိခဲ့သလို မဲသွားရောက်မပေးခဲ့သူ အများအပြားရှိခဲ့သည်။
Train-loving photographers are helping to keep Myanmar’s last steam locomotives rolling but not for much longer, thanks to big-budget railway upgrades.
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