Election
Election
The remarks come after months of attempts by the military’s proxy party to cast doubt on the...
Published on Jan 8, 2021
Hla Toe, vice chairman of the Kaman National Progressive Party, is contesting for a Lower House seat in Yangon’s Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township, in the Nov. 8 elections. The Kaman are a...
Oct 15, 2015
It was early afternoon, but the small prayer hall was dark, its walls and pillars lined with wooden boards with sheets of A4 paper glued to them. I found my name midway through the...
Oct 12, 2015
It’s the National League for Democracy or nothing, according to a straw poll of voters in Yangon townships carried out with four weeks to go before Myanmar’s Nov. 8 election. Myanmar...
Oct 10, 2015
Khin Ma Ma Myo is the founder and executive director of the Yangon-based Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security Studies (MIPSS), which was set up this year. She studied politics,...
Oct 8, 2015
On a recent hot afternoon on a bustling street in Hlaing Thayar Township, residents and stall keepers were shading themselves from the blistering sun, but a group of youth activists...
Oct 5, 2015
In a packed, windowless room, 40 or so candidates preparing to run in Myanmar’s general election listen in rapt attention as the trainer clicks to the next slide – a picture of a red...
Sep 14, 2015
