Three Myanmar Recipients Among ‘Women of the Future’ Award Winners
Seven local women nominated and four nominated at event, which honors SE Asian women with notable achievement in a range of fields
22
The News For
22 March 2019
Yangon
30
-
Top 10
Viewed
-
Top 10
Liked
-
Top 10
Loved
-
Top 10
Wowed
-
Top 10
Sad
5 Civilians Killed as Tatmadaw Troops Open Fire on Village in N. Rakhine: Witnesses
243
Soldiers entered Say Taung and fired indiscriminately, while other troops fired on anyone attempting to flee, they say
German Company Found Supplying Illegal Myanmar Teak to EU
289
Shipping through a third country, teak kingpins work in parallel with the State’s Myanmar Timber Enterprise to get illicit teak to Europe in violation of EU timber regulations.
RCSS Invites Rival Shan Group to Join Ceasefire, Excludes TNLA
225
‘Pretty words are not enough,’ SSPP spokesman says, but adds that his group will consider the proposal; TNLA scoffs at truce idea.
Independent Myanmar’s First Deadly Student Crackdown
217
On this day in 1956, seventh-grader Harry Tan was shot dead by police in the country’s first of many brutal crackdowns on student protests in post-independence Myanmar.
Women Sold into ‘Marriages’ in China with Help of Police: HRW Report
217
Kachin, Shan women who escaped sexual slavery give harrowing accounts of being duped, raped and forced to bear children.
Beach Bliss and the Big City — Destination Guide to South Central Myanmar
296
From delta beaches, across Myanmar’s biggest metropolis to the misty Bago mountains, the second destination guide in this series covers Irrawaddy, Yangon and Bago regions.
AA Denies Issuing Online Call for Arakanese Statehood
483
Gov’t officials question AA representatives about viral statement as NRPC meets with non-signatories to NCA in Naypyitaw.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Email Newsletter
Get the top stories delivered
to you daily…
to you daily…
Editorial & Opinion
Guest Column
Can the NLD Overcome the Military's Last Line of Defense?
The ruling party may be able to chip away at the military's proxies and business interests. But tinkering with its constitutional privileges may prove a step too far.
Read Now
NLD Must Address Local Governments’ Woeful Performances
The public has endured three years of incompetence and lack of accountability from their state and regional leaders.
Urgent Political Action Needed to Solve Rakhine’s Problems
Declaring a state of emergency or inserting more troops will not solve the root causes of the conflict.
N. Shan Residents Live in Fear as Rights, Security Situation Deteriorates
Trust between ethnic groups is breaking down, monasteries have become IPD camps and people are being forced to join ethnic armies.
29 October 2018
Videos
22 March 2019
Photos
22 March 2019
Cartoon
Staff Writers & Photographers
5 Civilians Killed as Tatmadaw Troops Open Fire on Village in N. Rakhine: Witnesses
German Company Found Supplying Illegal Myanmar Teak to EU
RCSS Invites Rival Shan Group to Join Ceasefire, Excludes TNLA
Shining a Light on Shady Business in Myanmar's Extractive Industries
Land Lost, Families Uprooted as Myanmar Pushes Industrial Zones
Suu Kyi, Prayut Open 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge
Shining a Light on Shady Business in Myanmar's Extractive Industries
Orng Kitchen Takes Myanmar Fine Dining Back to Nature
‘We Don’t Expect a Single Amendment Will Be Made’
Can the NLD Overcome the Military's Last Line of Defense?
NLD Must Address Local Governments’ Woeful Performances
Urgent Political Action Needed to Solve Rakhine’s Problems
Beach Bliss and the Big City — Destination Guide to South Central Myanmar
Yangon Timeout
Orng Kitchen Takes Myanmar Fine Dining Back to Nature
Yangon Timeout
Orng Kitchen Takes Myanmar Fine Dining Back to Nature
Try Buthee For a Village-Style Burmese Lunch