Burma’s Thein Sein has led the government’s push to reform but progress has been uneven

Shortly after newly elected President Htin Kyaw completed a swearing-in ceremony in Burma’s parliament on Wednesday morning, the country’s new leader, a proxy of National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, headed to the Presidential Residence in Naypyidaw. In its stately diplomatic hall, Htin Kyaw met outgoing President Thein Sein. An aired video recording…