National News

---

• President to parties: Stability during transition is responsibility of all
• Strength in unity for Rakhine nationalists
• NLD ‘not worried’ about campaign funds
• National reconciliation top priority and toughest challenge
• Tatmadaw presses on with air strikes in Shan State
• Tensions in Muse after death of Muslim man in police custody
• North Korean ambassador to Myanmar blacklisted by US
• Ethnic parties fall short of expectations
• What do you think will happen during the transition of power?
• Election like a return of ‘rightful owners’

President to parties: Stability during transition is responsibility of all Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:47 PM PST As if to reflect the sea change that has overtaken the country's politics in the past week, representatives of the National League for Democracy – still officially the opposition party – were seated at the head of the table at yesterday's meeting with President U Thein Sein.

Strength in unity for Rakhine nationalists Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:46 PM PST While the picture emerging from the November 8 elections in many of Myanmar's ethnic areas is somewhat fractured, there is one state where a consolidated ethnic bloc has won decisively – Rakhine.

NLD ‘not worried’ about campaign funds Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:44 PM PST Seated under a peacock flag in the National League for Democracy office just outside Yangon city centre, U Win Htein, a senior NLD member, laughingly dismisses concerns that his party's win could be challenged by the election commission's strict rules on campaign funding.

National reconciliation top priority and toughest challenge Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:40 PM PST National reconciliation – set by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as the main task of the government she is to form following her party's landslide election victory – is seen as the key to unlocking the military's decades-long grip on political power.

Tatmadaw presses on with air strikes in Shan State Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:39 PM PST Civilians fleeing offensives by government forces in central Shan State were quoted by aid officials as saying the Tatmadaw was continuing its air strikes yesterday against the main base of the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP).

Tensions in Muse after death of Muslim man in police custody Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:37 PM PST The small Muslim community in the border trading town of Muse, Shan State, is reeling following the death of a young Muslim man while in police custody.

North Korean ambassador to Myanmar blacklisted by US Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:33 PM PST While the elections have raised prospects that remaining US sanctions on Myanmar may be lifted, the first shuffling of the blacklist since the polls involved adding names, including the North Korean ambassador.

Ethnic parties fall short of expectations Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:29 PM PST In the final days before the election, many analysts were predicting the National League for Democracy might struggle to get an absolute majority in parliament, where the military is allocated 25 percent of seats in both houses.

What do you think will happen during the transition of power? Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:28 PM PST Ko Thant Kyaw Oo, 21, student "I'm worried that the military government will not cede power. They have controlled the country for more than 50 years, so it will be hard for them to let go. But no matter what happens, we, the people of Myanmar, will never support violence. We will control ourselves and stay peaceful.

Election like a return of ‘rightful owners’ Posted: 15 Nov 2015 10:25 PM PST Wa Lone, senior reporter for The Myanmar Times, interviews 88 Generation (Open Society) leader Ko Min Ko Naing about the post-election political landscape.

You are subscribed to email updates from National News. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States