2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
The National League for Democracy leader has sought to mollify ex-enemies in the Burmese military since officially stepping on to the political scene in 2012.
In the midst of optimism among the mainstream Burmese majority as well as the international cheerleaders of the ‘Myanmar Spring’, it is high time for our four leaders to snap out of the dark legacies of the past military rule.
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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.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Suu Kyi reportedly met with retired Snr-Gen. Than Shwe in Naypyidaw on Friday, following meetings with top government members earlier in the week.
Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News
Burma’s military junta continues to rape the land of its most precious commodity, according to a stinging new report by Global Witness.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Leaked information suggests that many in Beijing’s politburo were betting on a Shwe Mann- Suu Kyi govt in Burma after the election.
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The purge of a powerful ahead of a general election is dramatic confirmation of President Thein Sein’s desire for a second term in office, analysts say.
DVB’s Nyo Mar Thet caught up USDP Vice President Htay OO, with the veteran politician expressing total confidence in his party’s ability to win November’s general election.
2015 Elections Contributor Lead Story Military News Opinion
“The question of succession has been resolved amicably, and Soe Win will take over as commander-in-chief of the military in July,” says analyst Larry Jagan.
2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Politics
DVB asks NUP leader how high his expectations are for this year’s election. And who does he consider the main contenders?
Lead Story Military News Politics
Burma’s former military dictator Than Shwe no longer plays a role in the country’s politics, but is instead devoting his retirement days to religious activities, says deputy-chairman Htay Oo.
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Five monks detained during a Tuesday night raid on the Mahasantisukha Monastery were de-robed and brought to court on Friday, according an officer at the Tamwe police station.
Farmers coerced to grow jatropha by Burma’s former military junta are now suffering enormous losses after the new government abandoned the project with no apparent exit strategy.
President’s advisor tells Thai media that former junta strongman ‘doesn’t want to be involved’ in Thein Sein’s pseudo-civilian government
Surprise meeting last week hints at lingering role of former junta chief in pseudo-civilian administration, despite alleged ‘retirement’
The passing of Kim Jong Il shows that tyrants will eventually fall. It is in Thein Sein’s interests to restore his country to democracy, rather than be ranked in the same category
Talk of reform by Burma’s president is nothing new. Instead Thein Sein is deploying tactics used so frequently by Than Shwe and Ne Win
Gopalapuram Parthasarathy was India’s ambassador to Burma from 1992 to 1995, the period when New Delhi’s policy towards Burma took a dramatic u-turn and it began developing close ties with[…]
Intelligence agents released in May prison amnesty blocked by the Burmese government from holding religious ceremonies
Major reshuffle of military and intelligence leaders puts Soe Shein, the security officer for Burma’s former junta chief, in top position
Can a country really claim is it transitioning to civilian rule when a peaceful activist is deported for writing a biography of Than Shwe?
Burma today swore in its new president, marking the official transfer of power from the ruling junta to a so-called civilian government. Few observers are surprised that Thein Sein, known[…]
Thein Sein officially takes Burma’s top post as the military clique that has ruled the country for more than two decades changes face
Leaked cable reveals India’s views on Aung San Suu Kyi and the junta number 1’s extraordinary travel ‘arrangements’ for his 2004 visit to the world’s largest democracy
Than Shwe leaves protesters ‘outraged’ as he prepares to visit the sight where the ‘father of the nation’ was cremated, and strengthen ties with the world’s largest democracy
There is a quirky side to the bland and sometimes ‘incapable’ Burmese dictator, Than Shwe, that has kept biographer Benedict Rogers always second-guessing
[album: https://www.dvb.no/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Armed Forces Day/] Both government and opposition on 27 March separately marked the 65th annual Armed Forces Day (or Resistance Day), which commemorates the start of the Burmese army’s[…]
Nyo Ohn Myint Feb 8, 2008 (DVB), Naypyidaw, the jungle capital of Burma, has been very busy in past weeks with top advisers in greens and generals in charge of[…]
Nyo Ohn Myint Feb 8, 2008 (DVB), Naypyidaw, the jungle capital of Burma, has been very busy in past weeks with top advisers in greens and generals in charge of[…]
Sep 11, 2007 (DVB), A man in Arakan state’s Taunggok township this morning staged a solo demonstration demanding State Peace and Development Council leader senior general Than Shwe be expelled[…]
