Aug 28, 2013 | News / Article
Independent European Daily Express UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (IPS) – One year after the government officially struck down laws obstructing free press in Myanmar, a parliamentary bill could allow previous censorship practices to re-surge. When Thein Sein’s...
Aug 28, 2013 | News / Article
By Barry Duke “OF all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is arguably more central to Buddhism than any other major religion. So why have monks been using hate speech against Muslims and...
Aug 27, 2013 | News / Article
By KHIN MAUNG WIN — Associated Press HTAN GONE, Myanmar — A tense calm returned Monday to a Myanmar town that was ripped apart by sectarian violence, leaving hundreds homeless after Buddhist mobs tore through the small, winding streets torching Muslim-owned houses and...
Aug 27, 2013 | News / Article
by Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service Burma’s military-controlled State rests on the country’s official racism towards Burmese of ‘impure blood’. Scholars and policy analysts of Myanmar need to stop characterizing violence and racism against Muslims, ‘Kalars’ and...
Aug 24, 2013 | News / Article
Burma’s army has begun building a “temporary” base camp in an area claimed by India along the two countries’ shared border, according to a report by the Imphal Free Press, an English-language daily published in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The camp is...
Aug 24, 2013 | News / Article
By NYEIN NYEIN RANGOON — For decades, Burma’s food manufacturers have been using dangerous chemicals to produce food quickly and cheaply, but it is only in the past few years that consumers have become aware of the problem, says the country’s only consumer rights...
