The law will give NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi a position similar to that of prime minister.
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Delight and disquiet -- mixed emotions on Burma’s historic day
A journalist reflects on what Burma’s historic handover of power means for her as a citizen, and as a member of her profession.
Suu Kyi loyalist Htin Kyaw elected president of Burma
A special sitting of Burma’s Union Parliament elected Htin Kyaw as the country’s first democratically-elected president since 1962.
BREAKING: Candidates announced for Burma's next president
The lower and upper houses have announced they will decide between two candidates respectively for their submissions to the presidential pool of nominees.
Burma’s new parliament to convene in February
The speaker of the union parliament has confirmed that Burma’s second legislature will convene at the beginning of February – as the NLD prepares to govern,
Incumbent lawmakers to remain in parliament until January
Just days after the NLD clinched an election victory, lawmakers elected in the flawed 2010 polls are due to legislate for another two and a half months.