Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By SAMANTHA MICHAELS / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — Following pledges to enhance military ties with Burma, the United States has maintained a block on military assistance to President Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian government for its use of child soldiers in armed conflict,...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By Kim N. B. Ninh and Matthew Arnold With a much-heralded democratic transition underway in Myanmar, the future holds the potential for impressive gains but also significant challenges. Among the latter, decentralization and state-local relations as mandated by the...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
BY KHIN MAUNG WIN Buddhist mobs have been attacking Muslims in the Asian nation THANDWE, Myanmar (AP) — Terrified Muslim families hid in forests in western Myanmar on Wednesday, one day after fleeing a new round of deadly sectarian violence that erupted even as the...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
BERNAMA PADANG BESAR, Oct 3 — The General Operations Force and police detained 21 illegal immigrants during a border patrol at 8.30 am here today. The Perlis Immigration Department deputy director Hazmi Sulaiman said they were all men, between 15 and 42, and comprised...
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...
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...
