Thin Lei Win reflects on her feelings of civic duty pride after voting for the very first time, after living abroad during the flawed 2010 election.
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Trials of a first-time voter
Thin Lei Win was too young to vote in the 1990 election, and lived abroad during the 2010 failed ballot. Now back in Burma, she is eager to have her…
OPINION: What’s holding up Burma's nationwide ceasefire?
With good reason, ethnic delegates view Burma’s authorities as locked in an internally colonial mindset vis-à-vis minorities, says analyst Maung Zarni.
OPINION: Rights not rhetoric needed for reform in Burma
Writing for DVB for the 27th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising, rights activist Khin Ohmar assesses whether Burma has really reformed.
OPINION: Election will be neither historic nor consequential
The November polls will change nothing; the military will stay in charge, says Burmese dissident Maung Zarni.