constitution Law Lead Story News
Eleven members of the NLD and 88GPOS who staged a rally in Magwe in June calling for a revision of constitutional Article 436 have now been charged with trespassing by local police.
The heavyweight players in Burma’s press arena were in Rangoon on Thursday for a conference on media development.
Five residential areas of Tachilek, on the border between Shan State and northern Thailand, were devastated by floods on Wednesday evening. Heavy rains caused nearby mountain streams to overflow and sweep through low-lying towns.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News peace process Politics
An ethnic Karen rebel group has responded in kind to an order by the Burmese Army not to wear uniforms or carry firearms in certain government-controlled territory.
Lead Story migrants issues News
DNA tests have failed to provide a match and police are still working to identify the brutal beach killer of two British tourists on Koh Tao, southern Thailand, early Monday.
Bo Myint had previously reported on prostitution in the area.
Environment Ethnic issues Lead Story Natural resources News
Deputy Minister of Electric Power Maung Thar Thwe fielded questions about the controversial Tasang hydropower project during a lower house parliamentary session on Tuesday, assuring the house that the project will be implemented with a focus on domestic needs.
Arakan education Lead Story News
Only eight percent of displaced Muslim children in western Burma’s Arakan State have access to secondary education, according to a senior education coordinator.
About 20 former employees of the now defunct Master Sports footwear factory were injured during a standoff with police after they held an official captive at the facility on Tuesday.
land Lead Story News Pegu Division Uncategorized
Farmers from Thegon, Pegu Division, announce that a local authority grossly under reported the amount of land confiscated in Aungon village.
Arakan Ethnic issues Lead Story News
A parliamentary proposal urging a set of policies “to make life more pleasant” for people in Arakan State was approved by the upper house on Monday.
Lead Story News peace process Politics
A recent meeting of political party leaders to discuss a framework for post-ceasefire dialogue was carried out without Burma’s two biggest parties, giving rise to theories that past rivalries are resurfacing.
2015 elections Lead Story News Video
The NLD says that surprise census results warrant a reexamination of electoral constituencies in Burma.
Lead Story News Pegu Division Rangoon
A Buddhist monk rumoured to have clairvoyant powers who was involved in efforts to retrieve the Great Bell of Dhammazedi from the Rangoon River – has dissociated himself from announcements that the fabled bell had been found.
The Myanmar Teachers Federation (MTF) joins the long list of students and educators that oppose Burma’s National Education Bill.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News peace process Politics
Representatives of 53 political parties met in Rangoon on 13-14 September to discuss the framework for forthcoming political dialogue between Burma’s ethnic armed groups and the central government.
Following discussions with the Burmese rescue effort, the mission to rescue Aung Myint Myat and Wai Yan Min Thu has been postponed until rainy conditions on the Himalayan mountain subside.
Delegates from the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation and the Shan State Army-South/ Restoration Council of Shan State failed to find an agreement on a territory dispute during a day of talks at the SSA headquarters in Loi Taileng on 11 September.
Culture Feature Lead Story News
Decades of isolation crippled the country, but managed to preserve some of the unique architecture of Burma’s cinemas. Can they survive the construction boom?
Karen Lead Story News peace process
“We would like to see a reconciliation because we cannot attain federalism with Karen people alone. All ethnic groups have to work together if we are to be successful.”
Culture Entertainment Lead Story News Uncategorized
The animated short film ‘Don’t Let the Creativity Fall” by the Linn Htet Maw team from Burma is awarded first prize at the Animation Contest for ASEAN,
Interview International Lead Story News Rohingya Video
Restoring citizenship rights for more than 800,000 stateless people in Arakan State is the “key issue” the United Nations wants resolved.
Business Business Weekly Lead Story News
ADB predicts 9.5% growth by 2030; South Korea to sponsor US$20m development institute in Burma; MSF Holland signs MoU on disease control; Indonesian firm WIKA to build $125 million tower in Burma;
As the illegal trade in jade, timber and drugs along the Sino-Burmese border appears unstoppable, black market banks have become a major channel for laundering criminal assets.
Culture Karenni Lead Story News
The Karenni alphabet – kyal poe gyi or kayah li – was created in 1962, and has only ever been widely taught at refugee camps in Thailand. It appears to be modelled, linguists say, on Thai and Burmese scripts.
Twenty-eight farmers near Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Division, are facing eviction after years of property battles, villagers say.
An ethnic Karen rebel group has responded in kind to an order by the Burmese Army not to wear uniforms or carry firearms in certain government-controlled territory.
A recent meeting of political party leaders to discuss a framework for post-ceasefire dialogue was carried out without Burma’s two biggest parties, giving rise to theories that past rivalries are resurfacing.
Representatives of 53 political parties met in Rangoon on 13-14 September to discuss the framework for forthcoming political dialogue between Burma’s ethnic armed groups and the central government.
Delegates from the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation and the Shan State Army-South/ Restoration Council of Shan State failed to find an agreement on a territory dispute during a day of talks at the SSA headquarters in Loi Taileng on 11 September.
Ethnic peace negotiators got down to brass tacks on Wednesday during their second day of meetings in Chiang Mai, Thailand, taking up specific issues of troop placement and post-ceasefire recruitment.
DVB spoke with Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian of Phuketwan, who are facing the possibility of seven years in prison for quoting a Reuters article about the smuggling of Rohingya Muslims.
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