Sep 13, 2013 | Rohingya Articles
By Maung Zarni “Myanmar Economic Crime Documentation Unit” There is a need to establish an open-source intelligence unit monitoring the process of privatization in Myanmar.t Let’s call this, provisionally, the Myanmar Economic Crime Watch or...
Sep 11, 2013 | News / Article
By Reuters Staff A government-appointed body that oversees Myanmar’s Buddhist monkhood has issued a directive intended to check the influence of a monk-led movement accused of stoking violence against minority Muslims. At least 237 people have died in sectarian...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
BNI About 100 Kachin war refugees remain trapped in the isolated jungles of Putao District in Burma’s northernmost Kachin state, according to sources from a local church. The group – mainly women and children – have been in hiding since the middle of last...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
Liberalised private media accused of stoking ethnic fears By Nirmal Ghosh Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok NOT too long ago in the office of Myanmar’s media censor, a young military officer crumpled up a newspaper article by a noted Myanmar writer and, dropping...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
BNI The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) and Myanmar Journalists Association (MJA) signed a seven-point memorandum of understanding in Bangkok, Thailand on Sept. 4. The memorandum that will strengthen press relations between the two countries was drafted as part of...
