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NLD MP-Elects to Hold Strategy Meeting
Party leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves a meeting of the NLD campaign committee and candidates in Rangoon on April 7. (PHOTO: Reuters) The 43 MP-elects from the National League for Democracy (NLD) who won...
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Arakan Residents Demand More Security
Burmese troops gather around a fire engine in the Arakan State capital Sittwe. (Photo: The Irrawaddy) The Arakan State capital Sittwe remains gripped by sectarian conflict despite a state of emergency...
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‘I Didn’t Threaten Anyone’ Says USDP Gen-Sec
USDP General-secretary Htay Oo. Htay Oo, the general-secretary of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), has denied accusations that he threatened members of the regional assembly in...
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Fresh Clashes Reported Near Hpakant
KIA troops take a break. (Photo: Nan Thiri Lwin / The Irrawaddy) Fresh fighting was reported near the jade-mining center of Hpakant in Kachin State on Tuesday, a day after government troops fired...
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PDP Leaders Detained for Defamation, Incitement
The PDP party opening its branch office in Myitkyina, Kachn State. (Photo: Kachin News Group) Five leaders of the People Democracy Party (PDP) have been detained by authorities in Kachin State since...
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Border Trade Slashed by New Curbs
Trucks filled with goods cross the Friendship Bridge from Mae Sot in Thailand to Myawaddy in Burma. (Photo: Moe Kyaw / The Irrawaddy) The flow of goods from Thailand has dropped by half since the...
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In the US, a Voice Sings Out From Chin State
Milla Hniang, a 22-year-old ethnic Chin singer from northwest Burma, released a self-titled debut album in the United States earlier this month. (Photo: Milla Hniang / Facebook) Milla Hniang, a...
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Drugs Eradication Possible within Six Years: SSA
RCSS Chairman Lt-Gen Yawd Serk talks to reporters during the 66th anniversary of Shan State National Day in Loi Tai Leng Township, along the Burma-Thai border on February 7, 2013. (Photo: The...
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I Trust Suu Kyi, Says SSA Leader
SSA chief Lt-Gen Yawd Serk, left, shakes hands with Burmese Deputy Commander-in-Chief Gen Soe Win after the signing of a peace deal in May 2012. (Photo: Irrawaddy) The leader of the Shan State Army...
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Tensions Grow between Govt and SSA-South
SSA-South soldiers go through their paces during training. (Photo: Steve Tickner / The Irrawaddy) Tensions are rising between the Shan State Army-South (SSA-South) and the Burmese army after the latter...
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Govt Troops, KIA Engage in Fresh Clashes
KIA soldiers aim their machine gun at Burmese government troop positions during fighting in January 2013. (Photo: Steve Tickner / The Irrawaddy) The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) engaged in fresh...
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‘We only shot with rubber bullets to scare them’
Ongoing violence against Muslims in Burma, which began in Mandalay Division and later spread to Naypyidaw and Pegu, left dozens dead. Between March 20 and March 28 the government admitted 42 had died....
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Foreign Know-How Called Upon as Burma Gears Up for Smart ID Card Program
Karen IDPs show off their new identity cards following a ceremony in Kyaukkyi, Pegu Division. The Karen are among the ethnic groups that often lack ID cards due to displacement and decades of civil...
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Rohingya Condemn Burning of Independence Hero Aung San’s Picture
Rohingyas protest the persecution of their fellow Muslims in Burma by burning images of Aung San Suu Kyi and her father, Gen. Aung San, outside the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok. (Photo: D Chit Thu/...
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Art Gallery Fails to Paint a Rosy Picture of Spymaster’s Legacy
Burmese ex-spy chief Khin Nyunt talks to reporters after voting at a polling station in Mayangone Township on April 1, 2012. (Photo: Reuters) In one of the starkest about-faces in Burmese public life...
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Clashes in Shan State Kill 4 Govt Soldiers, Ethnic Militia Claims
A unit of the Taaung National Liberation Army in Shan State. (Photo: Kyaw Kha / The Irrawady) An ethnic Palaung armed group claims that it has killed four Burma government soldiers during clashes in...
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