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Tag: Union Solidarity and Development Party

Suu Kyi no shoo-in at Myanmar’s 2020 polls

by Bertil Lintner December 29, 2019February 18, 2020

A new huge billboard recently erected at a major intersection in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon portrays the nation’s nominal leader with a message of support: “We stand with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.” Such billboards are not unique in Myanmar and appeared well before Suu Kyi headed to The Hague’s International Court of Justice […]

Myanmar military chief in a political firing line

by Bertil Lintner September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

When will Suu Kyi challenge the military?

by Bertil Lintner June 21, 2017February 18, 2020

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