The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Madeleine Albright Applauds Burma’s ‘Long Overdue’ Reform
• Japan’s ‘Special Relationship’ With Myanmar Has Abetted Decades of Military Rule
• Myanmar Junta-Appointed UEC to Decide NLD’s Fate Later This Month
• Myanmar Junta Detains Yangon Commerce Minister and Mayor
• Myanmar Anti-Regime Leader: Freedom Does Not Come For Free
• ASEAN Envoy Sees Little Hope of Breakthrough in Myanmar
• Myanmar Junta Detains Crony Over Failed Building Project on Military-Owned Land 

Madeleine Albright Applauds Burma’s ‘Long Overdue’ Reform Posted: 25 Mar 2022 12:17 AM PDT To mark the death of Madeleine Albright earlier this week, The Irrawaddy revisits this 2013 account of a visit to Myanmar by the former US Secretary of State. The post Madeleine Albright Applauds Burma's 'Long Overdue' Reform appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Japan’s ‘Special Relationship’ With Myanmar Has Abetted Decades of Military Rule Posted: 25 Mar 2022 12:01 AM PDT It is a historical irony that Armed Forces Day, commemorated on March 27, marks the day in 1945 that Gen. Aung San's army rose up against Imperial Japan. The post Japan's 'Special Relationship' With Myanmar Has Abetted Decades of Military Rule appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Junta-Appointed UEC to Decide NLD’s Fate Later This Month Posted: 24 Mar 2022 06:46 AM PDT Electoral laws say any refusal to be inspected could earn punishments ranging from party suspension to disbandment. The post Myanmar Junta-Appointed UEC to Decide NLD’s Fate Later This Month appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Junta Detains Yangon Commerce Minister and Mayor Posted: 24 Mar 2022 06:20 AM PDT An internal rift has opened up among Yangon's military elite.   The post Myanmar Junta Detains Yangon Commerce Minister and Mayor appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Anti-Regime Leader: Freedom Does Not Come For Free Posted: 24 Mar 2022 05:11 AM PDT Prominent protest leader Tayzar San talks to The Irrawaddy about the urgent need for funds for the resistance movement and what people can do to help the revolution. The post Myanmar Anti-Regime Leader: Freedom Does Not Come For Free appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

ASEAN Envoy Sees Little Hope of Breakthrough in Myanmar Posted: 24 Mar 2022 04:52 AM PDT Returning from Myanmar, where he mostly met with the regime leader and his associates, Prak Sokhonn said stakeholders in the country 'insist on eliminating one another'. The post ASEAN Envoy Sees Little Hope of Breakthrough in Myanmar appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Junta Detains Crony Over Failed Building Project on Military-Owned Land  Posted: 24 Mar 2022 02:09 AM PDT U Khin Shwe, a prominent business partner of the previous regime, was arrested along with his son following a dispute over a stalled Yangon building development.  The post Myanmar Junta Detains Crony Over Failed Building Project on Military-Owned Land  appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

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