In-Depth
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More activists and NGO workers are vying to be MPs – and shunning the NLD in favour of smaller parties
New candidates say the NLD’s poor performance in mining, ethnic affairs and handling the military means more opposition is needed in parliament
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‘It’s not good to back down in politics’ – veteran Muslim activist finally able to contest a seat for the NLD
Win Mya Mya survived a massacre and prison while fighting for the NLD, only to miss out on standing as an MP in 2015 because of her religion
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‘If we stay, we die’ – villagers risk perilous, days-long journeys to Yangon through Rakhine conflict zone
A mother and son hiked for hours through the hills as artillery shells exploded around them, and that was just day one
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Kachin residents fearful of losing land to secretive China-backed industrial project
The Yunnan-based company has been criticised as secretive as some question whether it is equipped to run such a project
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Facebook shaping up as main election battleground in Covid-19 era
With large gatherings banned, campaigns will shift focus to Myanmar’s 22 million social media users, raising new questions for election commission
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