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President weeps while recalling father’s legacy at literature festival

November 7, 2016

President U Htin Kyaw broke down in tears on the weekend while recalling his father’s contributions to Myanmar’s literary canon.

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Killing creativity: The junta’s cultural crusade

While suppressing political dissent, the junta is also trying to cleanse the arts of anything it judges harmful to Myanmar’s traditional Buddhist culture, with LGBT themes the most recent target.

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