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SNLD wins landslide in Shan State

The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) had a disappointing run in the Shan State by-election on April 1, when Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) won with a landslide victory. Keep reading ...

By-election was smooth, with minor hiccups: observers

3 April 2017
Myanmar Times
Elections / Government
Arakan National Party / By-election / Union Election Commissions (UEC) / Shan National League for Democracy / All Nationals’ Democracy party / National League for Democracy (NLD)

The by-election on April 1 proceeded and ended smoothly, although the voter turnout was low and there were minor incidents and misunderstandings.Keep reading ...

Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD)

The ruling party National League for Democracy (NLD) won 9 out of the 19 seats vacant in Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw, State and Region Hluttaw in April 1 by-election.Keep reading ...

Factories told to close on polling day

29 March 2017
Myanmar Times
Administration / Elections
National League for Democracy (NLD) / Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar

Factories in Hlaing Tharyar have been told to close on polling day to allow their employees to cast their votes in the township’s by-election.Keep reading ...

Special report: Abuses, exploitation rife in Myanmar’s forgotten prison labour camps

15 October 2016
Frontier Myanmar
Human rights / Labor
Aung San Suu Kyi / Kaung Hmu Labour Camp / National League for Democracy (NLD) / he Ministry of Home Affairs

Some 20,000 convicts toil in prison camps across the country, where they face abuse, exploitation and forced labour, a Myanmar Now investigation finds.Keep reading ...

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