Commentary on βSanctions against Tatmadaw leaders would be counterproductiveβ
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What in effect Sithu Aung Myint is saying is that the West should be lenient to the Tatmadaw or Military for its βdisproportionate use...
Commentary on βDaw Suu should urge people to show humanity, says UN rights envoyβ
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The problem with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is that she chooses to stay silent on issues which she considers to be controversial, especially...
Commentary on β Returning to sanctions would βnot be helpfulβ, think tank tells EU β
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As the International Crisis Group (ICG) has pointed out the narrow nationalist sentiments taking hold, unopposed by the democratically-elected government, it will make Myanmar...
Commentary on βKNU urges nonviolent solution to Rakhine crisis on ceasefire anniversaryβ
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βAll armed ethnic organizations must sign the NCA,β said the Commander-in-Chief, adding that it should be assumed that continued ignoring of this fact amounts...
Commentary on “Daw Suu calls for public help in televised resettlement pledge”
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State Counsellor business-like report to the people is a move in the right direction. She is right when she said time shouldn't be wasted...
Drug policy to be agreed before 2018
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A national drug control policy will be enacted at the end of this year with a two-year action plan covering the whole country, said...
Commentary on βThe importance of good relations with Bangladeshβ
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Good neighborliness could only do so much so as not to pour oil into the problems and push parties into an open conflict that...
Commentary on βWhy we went to Bangladeshβ
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It is not always easy to be unbiased. But this exactly what a media should do. Many fair-minded people will definitely applaud for what...
Commentary on βNo way back for Myanmarβs Rohingya refugeesβ
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Very insightful approach to this complex, sophisticated and emotionally-charged issue. This would inevitablly mean the population transfer, forced relocation, planned relocation, militarization, anti-ARSA deployment are...
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Thank you Aung San Suu Kyi. Thank you for confirming what I have known about you not only for the last year of the...





