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‘People Have to See What We Are Talking About’
Thant Myint-U, chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust. (Photo: JPaing / The Irrawaddy) Thant Myint-U was on Friday announced as the winner of the 2015 Fukuoka Grand Prize, a prestigious Japanese award...
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Speaking Out Against the Shwedagon Highrise Projects
Workers clear away Dagon City billboards and lighting surrounding the former Marga project on July 9, 2015. (Photo: Steve Tickner / The Irrawaddy) The president’s decision on Tuesday evening to...
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An Appeal to the Keepers of the Keys in Burma’s Drive to Democracy
Military commander in chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing looks to Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during top six-party talks at the Presidential Palace in Naypyidaw on April 10, 2015. (Photo:...
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In Burma, a House Divided Against Itself
Ko Ko Gyi, left, attends an event in Rangoon commemorating the birth of Aung San, the father of National League for Democracy chairwoman Aung San Suu Kyi, along with NLD spokesman Nyan Win, center, in...
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2015 Election: The Countdown Begins
A young man peers through voter lists at a Yangon polling station. (Photo: Reuters) RANGOON — In recent times, general elections in Myanmar have been cursed. The results of the 1990 election were...
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Burma’s Last Man Standing
President Thein Sein waits for delegates to arrive for the 17th ASEAN-China Summit during the 25th ASEAN Summit in Naypyitaw November 13, 2014. (Photo: Reuters) Like it or not, Burma’s incumbent...
View ArticleFrom the Archive: Photos of Burma’s Historic By-elections
Click to view slideshow. In the days leading up to the early April by-election that put opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Parliament, the streets were alive with enthusiasm and excitement over The...
View ArticleSuu Kyi on the Stump: Mixing Pragmatism with Populism
Through various campaign speeches in recent weeks, the leader of Burma’s main opposition party, Aung San Suu Kyi, has demonstrated that she is the only politician in the country that can engage a large...
View ArticleThe President vs. The Lady
It’s little wonder that the Nov. 8 election is largely shaping up to be a contest between the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and Burma’s most popular opposition party, the...
View ArticleOur Time for Democracy
For too long the people of Burma have deserved a better existence—to live lives under a democratic government that would allow for them to enjoy liberty, peace and prosperity. These are things much of...
View ArticleA Reconciliation Agenda Should Follow Sunday’s Poll
From the time polling stations close at 4 pm on Sunday, Burma will enter into a delicate, and mostly likely tense, political phase. Voters will be holding their breath as results filter through. Even...
View ArticleHopes in His Hands: Election Chief’s Poll Pledges Revisited
On the eve of Burma’s historic general election, The Irrawaddy reposts a condensed interview with the chairman of the country’s electoral body, Tin Aye, to remind readers of his pledges to ensure a...
View ArticleElection Chief Tin Aye: ‘As for Me, I’ve Accomplished My Duties’
Though work remains, Union Election Commission (UEC) chairman Tin Aye is happy to say the bulk of his mandate is now behind him, with Burma holding a general election on Nov. 8 that has been largely...
View ArticleConcerns Remain Ahead of a Testing Transition
RANGOON — Just over two weeks since voters turned out in droves for a peaceful general election that ushered in a conclusive majority in favor of Burma’s main opposition party, Burmese people still...
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On Eve of High-Level Dialogues, a Call to Walk the Talk
Burma Army commander-in-chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, left, National League for Democracy chairwoman Aung San Suu Kyi, center, and President Thein Sein. (Photos: The Irrawaddy) Despite National League...
View ArticleLeaders Send Smiles in First Step Toward Transition
RANGOON — It was all beaming smiles in Burma’s capital on Wednesday, as the country’s three most influential figures came together for initial discussions that could prove crucial for the country’s...
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For Suu Kyi and Than Shwe, an Inconvenient Truce
A combination photograph of then junta leader Snr-Gen Than Shwe, left, and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (Photos: The Irrawaddy) It was just 10 days ago that Burma’s ex-dictator sat down for a...
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Weighing Suu Kyi’s Role in a New Political Order
Aung San Suu Kyi, chairwoman of the National League for Democracy which is set to form Burma’s next government. (Photo: The Irrawaddy) It’s one of several unanswered questions in what looms as a new...
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Old Burma Meets New in Parliament
National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends Burma’s first session of Parliament after the Nov. 8 general election. (Photo: Reuters) On the eve of the commencement of the new National...
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Weighing Suu Kyi’s Role in a New Political Order
National League for Democracy party (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, leaves after attending a Lower House of Parliament meeting in Naypyidaw on March 11, 2016. (Photo: Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters)...
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