Former Burmese Exile Broadcaster DVB Goes Commercial

Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article

By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY After more than two decades relying mainly on donors to fund its reporting and broadcasting, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a leading Burmese news outlet, has announced that it will turn to a commercial business model as donor...

No Jobs at Home for Burmese Facing Expulsion From Thailand

Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article

By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDY Desperate behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts by the government in Naypidaw to resolve the continuing migrant labour mess with Thailand “highlights the truly critical issue of the lack of employment opportunities in Burma,” a noted...

Burma’s First Evening Private Daily on the Way

Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article

By KYAW HSU MON / THE IRRAWADDY The Burmese-language newspaper, People Power, aims to hit the newsstands around 4 pm daily, as soon as it receives a license from the government’s press registration board, expected this week or next week. “We have applied for a...

Is Burma’s Kachin maneuver anti-reform practice?

Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article

By Zin Linn Burma/Myanmar government armed forces have been maneuvering strategic warfare against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) this time seems to be a crucial military operation of seizing more...