Oct 20, 2013 | News / Article
By HANNA HINDSTROM The British government has defended its plans to offer military training to the Burmese army, despite revelations that the course may cover the “art and science of war” and “border security” management. Speaking to DVB on Thursday, the UK’s new...
Oct 20, 2013 | News / Article
By DVB Burmese opposition leader Aung Suu Kyi on Saturday said the 2015 elections in her country will not be democratic without constitutional changes. “The constitution must be amended,” the Nobel laureate said as she met European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso...
Oct 20, 2013 | News / Article
By Chit Su Since her release from prison in 1999, Myanmar writer and doctor, Ma Thida (Sanchaung), has dreamt of a day when Myanmar writers would be able to join colleagues around the world and establish an internationally recognised forum in which to develop creative...
Oct 19, 2013 | News / Article
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U Sein Win, a journalist who championed press freedom in Myanmarand endured three stints in prison, died on Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar. He was 91. Enlarge This Image U Sein Win in 1969. His family announced the death. Mr. Sein Win, who was the...
Oct 17, 2013 | News / Article
By SAMANTHA MICHAELS / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — The mornings were full of walking, says Khin Mar Shwe, a nurse near Burma’s biggest city, recalling her days as a midwife under the former military regime. She was a young woman then, and would begin a few days every week...
Oct 17, 2013 | News / Article
By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY Burma’s Ministry of Labor has announced plans to start issuing regular passports to Burmese migrants in Thailand from next month. The passports, which are the same as those issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Rangoon, will replace...
