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    Tagged: national league for democracy

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    DVB Debate: How balanced are the civil and military powers?

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    Burma has a new civilian government, but the military remains a powerful player in the country’s politics. Our panelists discuss how and when this can be expected to change.

    Crime Lead Story News Politics

    Sky Net offered free service to MPs, says Rangoon lawmaker

    The revelation comes a day after the President’s Office warned an unnamed media company — believed to be Sky Net — about attempting to bribe officials.

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    Suu Kyi calls ‘emergency meeting’ during holidays

    No details about the subject of the meeting were released, but it is believed that political prisoners were on the agenda.

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    NLD clashes with military over Suu Kyi role

    Military-appointed members of Burma’s parliament say that introducing a new role equal in power to the president would be unconstitutional.

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    Htin Kyaw sworn in as Burma’s first civilian president in half century

    Emotions were high in Burma’s parliament today as Htin Kyaw, the country’s first president in more than fifty years to hail from a non-military background, was sworn in.

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    With transition days away, Burma’s armed forces reasserts its role

    Burma’s top general uses Armed Forces Day to remind the country of the military’s key role in politics ahead of next Friday’s NLD takeover.

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    China pursues stalled Myitsone dam project

    China is pursuing efforts to resolve the problem of a stalled dam project in Burma, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

    Health Lead Story News

    HIV-affected children shunned in education

    When her father died of AIDS in 2003, Pyae Phu Khaing* was just three years old, and only two years later her mother died of the same disease.

    Arakan Lead Story News Politics

    NLD MPs to be chief ministers of all states and divisions

    The election-winning NLD will install its own MPs as the chief ministers of Burma’s 14 state and divisions, a party spokesperson has said.

    Lead Story Military News Politics

    Burma’s military chief maintains grip post-election

    As he cements himself as the second most powerful figure in Burma post-election, Min Aung Hlaing has transformed himself from soldier into a politician.

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    Swollen Rangoon slums at breaking point

    Burma’s cities are attracting an increasing number of rural poor, but efforts to provide them with affordable housing are falling short.

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    ‘It’s our turn to deliver’

    Dr. Zaw Myint Maung talks about the NLD’s landslide win, the move from national to regional parliament and the challenges Mandalay Region is facing.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burma presidential showdown set for 17 March

    Burma’s parliament will begin its election of the new president on 17 March, cutting very close to the 1 April deadline.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    Shwe Mann lands key advisory role

    The new parliament’s lower house on Friday appointed the former lower house and union speaker as the chairperson of the Legal Affairs and Special Issues Assessment Commission.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Suu Kyi

    Suu Kyi pleased with first days of new reign

    Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi pushed the message of national reconciliation on Wednesday, lauding the choice of representatives from ethnic minorities and the army-backed party as parliamentary speakers in a chamber dominated by her allies.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    NLD dominated parliament begins in Burma

    Burma’s second parliament began on Monday with a session of the lower house in Naypyidaw, where the orange tunics of the National League for Democracy (NLD) provided bright reflection of the party’s thundering 2015 election win.

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    Military rapprochement irks NLD faithful

    The issue of how far to go in reaching out to former foes from nearly half a century of military rule may prove one of the first faultlines to emerge within the NLD.

    Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi

    Suu Kyi to pick conciliatory cabinet

    Suu Kyi will form a cabinet of technocrats, including ethnic minority representatives and at least one member of the vanquished USDP.

    Lead Story News Rangoon

    Gridlock in Rangoon: traffic grinds down commuters

    Experts say a holistic approach is needed to resolve Rangoon’s worsening traffic jams, but the government’s response has been to tinker around the edges.

    Farmers Lead Story News

    Crime gangs, not farmers to blame for Burma drug trade

    Opium cultivation remains a lucrative source of income for many farmers, but the illegal industry is facing renewed scrutiny in the Asia-Pacific region.

    Suu Kyi takes out the trash video

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    Suu Kyi takes out the trash

    Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi started collecting litter in her constituency on Sunday as part of a nationwide campaign to make Burma trash-free.

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    US military eyes closer ties with Burma

    The US Army’s commander in Asia said on Tuesday that he was eager for closer ties to the military in Burma after the NLD’s landslide election victory.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    ‘Golden’ weather phenomenon baffles villagers

    Villagers say they have been baffled by the appearance of an unusual, yellow dust that has sprinkled over their town in Kachin State this week.

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    Burmese poets turn their pens to lawmaking

    Poets have long expressed the mood of Burma’s repressed people through verse. Now, 11 of them, all representing the NLD, will help write the nation’s laws.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Than Shwe pledges support to Suu Kyi

    Burma’s former dictator sees Suu Kyi as the country’s “future leader” and has pledged to support her, despite her being barred from the presidency.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    US calls for inquiry into alleged military atrocities

    The US on Thursday called for a credible, independent investigation by Burma’s government of reports of military atrocities in the country’s Shan State.

    Land Lead Story News

    Land returned ‘to the wrong hands’

    More than 95 percent of confiscated lands – some 350,000 acres – have been returned to farmers across Burma, according to the government’s Land Utilisation Management Committee, noting that just 17,091 acres are left to be returned nationwide.

    Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    KIA-Burmese army clash ‘fiercest in history’

    Amidst an ongoing clash between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, DVB spoke to KIA representative La Nan.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Women MPs set to double

    The incoming parliament is set to have double the women of the previous government – but will that result in adequate representation?

    Interview: Outgoing MP Hla Swe and the candidate that beat him video

    Interview Lead Story News Video

    Interview: Outgoing MP Hla Swe and the candidate that beat him

    DVB sits down with Hla Swe and the National League for Democracy’s Than Soe, the candidate that beat him out of the Upper House seat of Gangnaw, Sagaing Division.

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