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Suu Kyi a lone winner of Myanmar’s landslide polls

by David Scott Mathieson November 10, 2020November 12, 2020

CHIANG MAI – Myanmar’s November 8 elections exceeded all expectations with a massive margin of victory for the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi. While final results may not be known for several days, clear patterns of an NLD landslide, perhaps even bigger than the stunning victory of […]

A Myanmar monk checks his Facebook with two Buddhist monk novices, April 11, 2016. Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar

Facebook tries to silence Myanmar’s hateful monks

by Lee Short July 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Supporters and monks belonging to the hardline Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha rally to the US embassy in Yangon on April 28, 2016.  
Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Buddhist extremism, despite a clampdown, spreads in Myanmar

by Justine Chambers August 13, 2017February 18, 2020
A Buddhist monk walks with his alms bowl early morning in the Myanmar city of Mandalay. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva
Posted inAT Finance, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand

Misunderstanding Myanmar’s Ma Ba Tha

by Matthew J Walton June 9, 2017February 18, 2020

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