The regime-sponsored civic organization Union Solidarity and Development Association starts the process of “abolishing” itself after transferring all its property to its political proxy, the Union Sol
![A stall owner from Burma watches as a customer tries jewelry at the Sri Lanka International Gem and Jewelry Show in Colombo that has drawn large groups of buyers from China and Russia. Officials sai
In politics, so the saying goes, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends—only permanent interests. In Myanmar we have seen an unusual political alliance between State Counselor Daw Aun