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| Many of Burma’s most prominent political prisoners have finally been released and President Thein Sein deserves credit for making that happen, but the hard work of reform has just begun. |
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| Burma marks its Independence Day with an empty gesture from its government that only serves to underline the fact that the country is still far from free. |
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| While institutional democratic reforms may take time in Burma, the end to human rights abuses takes only the political will of the nation’s leaders. |
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| With the award of the 2014 Asean chair, the news that Hillary Clinton will visit Burma and the NLD’s decision to contest the upcoming polls, this was potentially a good week for Burma—but that depends on what President Thein Sein does now. |
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| By ASIA SENTINEL |
| On a state visit to Singapore with a delegation of ministers and businesspeople earlier this week, Burmese President Thein Sein made his most explicit commitment to democratic reform and an overhaul of the country’s moribund economy and government infrastructure. |
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| By STEPHEN BLOOM |
| Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of Burma’s opposition forces now persistently call for the establishment of the “rule of law,” but what does the term mean for the country’s long-oppressed people? |
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| By AUNG ZAW |
| The release of Burma’s most prominent political prisoners has significantly increased the chances of the country moving towards reconciliation and democracy, as well as broadened the means of doing so. |
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| By DAVID I. STEINBERG |
| Many in the international community are claiming credit for the progress in Burma. But perhaps foreigners should remember how marginal they really are. |
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| By RIMOND HTOO |
| Burma's ethnic people should know better by now than to believe the country's government, says a Karenni leader. |
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