A vital aspect of the historic reforms currently underway in Myanmar is the growing – and for some people unexpected – liberalisation of the media.
The latest step in these changes was the appearance…
Barack Obama is the first sitting US president to visit Myanmar.
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Barack Obama is visiting Myanmar on 19 November – the first sitting US President ever to do so. How will this historic visit shape US-Myanmar relations? And how is China likely to react?
Obama is meeting…
On her recent visit to Thailand, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her country had an urgent need for basic education.
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On June 1, after decades of struggle to be a legitimate voice for the Burmese people, Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok. She did not raise a call to arms or popular…
Tomorrow’s Burmese elections will likely finally see Aung San Suu Kyi get into parliament.
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Only two years after general elections in 2010, the world will be watching Burma’s by-elections to be held tomorrow.
Although the results cannot change the overall political balance of power with only…
Burma’s military junta has held on to power through violence and intimidation for 50 years.
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of military control over the Burmese state, marking half a century of the Junta’s tight, often brutal grip on power. But within the last year, there have been shifts towards…
