Will Myanmar’s media ever tell the true story?
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Dung Phan “Things can’t be changed overnight,” is a true motto when it comes to media reform in Myanmar. Even when the party of…
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Does Myanmar have a “Muslim problem”?
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Holly Reeves Myanmar has waited a long time for the full information from its 2014 census, the first in decades. Amid a fragile transition…
Myanmar: Drugs battle, what’s the solution?
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Claire Heffron A new program has started this week to support Myanmar’s law enforcement system to crack down on drug trafficking and transnational crime….
Myanmar: Religious tensions will reduce when inclusion starts from the top
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Sarah Caroline Bell ASEAN countries have noticed a spike in religiously motivated attacks of late. The United Nations has specifically requested that Myanmar address…
Rights groups call on ASEAN to address “Rohingya situation”
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Anastasiia Shkuro The Rohingya people – whom the majority Buddhist Burmese population of Myanmar refuses to recognise as an official ethnic group in the…
Myanmar: The other Rakhine state problem
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailWhile the wider world has focused on the issue of the displaced Rohingya people – a term which the majority Buddhist-Burmese population of Myanmar do…
What connects 1MDB, Najib, Jho Low, champagne and Hollywood?
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Zofia Reych Najib Razak is not doing very well nationally. Last year his popularity fell to an all time low of 23%, and this…
Myanmar democratises, while military junta tightens grip on Thailand
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Loke Hoe Yeong Thais used to enjoy a bustling democracy, while it looked across the border to gross examples of crackdowns on fundamental civil…
Should US sanctions on Myanmar be removed completely?
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Loke Hoe Yeong Last week, the United States has announced that it would be lifting a number of Myanmar companies and banks from its…
Aung San Suu Kyi and the “R” word: Rohingyas or “Bangladeshis”?
Facebook0TwitterReddit0LinkedinemailBy Loke Hoe Yeong If there is one thing that Aung San Suu Kyi’s new NLD government and the military generals of Myanmar can agree…