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A man rides his bike across a road carrying toys to sell in Myanmar's city of Naypyidaw. Photo: EPA
January 15, 2020
Upendranadh Choragudi — As a global multilateral development finance institution, the World Bank (WB) Group has a significant sphere of influence...
January 14, 2020
Justice is not always provided to people and people are too often oppressed by their rulers. This is how Nai HongSar, the current Chair of the New...
1949 Suppression of prostitution act: The root of discrimination and exploitation
December 22, 2019
Myanmar’s 70-year-old antiquated prostitution law has been desperately called for amendment from sex worker community and NGOs. Under the law, woman...
December 16, 2019
The three-day International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing from December 10 to 12 – in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the...
Migrants workers working for fishing rafts in Ah-Baw-Tan village (photo:Aung Naing Win)
December 3, 2019
At the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) central committee meeting held on September 21 and 22 of this year, a decision was made to form an...
December 3, 2019
News of Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision this week to lead Myanmar’s delegation to the Hague to defend an accusation of genocide sent shock waves through...
Photo: NCA-S EAO
October 17, 2019
As if to restart the stagnated peace negotiation process stalled more than a year is not difficult enough to overcome, on behalf of the government’s...
photo by mmtimes.com
October 15, 2019
Tourists from six countries, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Russia, can now enter Myanmar with no requirement for pre-arranged...
October 8, 2019
Old buildings constructed under British rule are lugubrious looking compared to brand new buildings in Arakan State’s capital Sittwe, one of the...
The late Aung Kyaw Naing, aka Ko Par Gyi
October 7, 2019
The fact that five years have passed since journalist Ko Par Gyi’s killing highlights need to reform the 1959 law that facilitates military impunity...
A billboard stating that Myanmar’s military does not recruit children under the age of 18 / The Irrawaddy
October 7, 2019
As the civil war raged on in northern Shan and Rakhine or Arakan States, with no end in sight and ongoing bilateral ceasefire between the National...
The Irrawaddy /Security personnel stand guard at an intersection in Naypyitaw on 19 Sept 19
October 1, 2019
These days, Burma or Myanmar security threat is being discussed as an issue within the government that has to be tackle seriously and not just a...