Dhaka, Dec 17 (UNB) - Rohingya organisations across the world on Monday called for accountability for genocide and crimes against humanity in Myanmar and ...
In Myanmar, spousal abuse is legal and stigma stop most women from reporting sexual violence. A bill championed by feminists but long stalled in Parliament ...
Labour organizations have demanded an amendment to the Foreign Employment Law which was enacted and promulgated in 1999 because it is obsolete.
Senior citizens in Myanmar face barriers, such as poor access to basic services, in living full lives, according to two international groups promoting the rights and ...
Visits by an increasing number of foreign dignitaries and diplomats to Yangon and strife-torn northern Rakhine State have raised hopes of finding a lasting ...
Journalists, activists and Myanmar civil society groups are calling for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters, exactly one year since they were arrested ...
Myanmar youth activist and television host Thinzar Shun Lei Yi would once have called herself one of Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest fans. Now, she is ...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has admitted he needs to learn more about Myanmar after coming under fire for his recent comments about the country.
Win Myint says the country is trying to create awareness of human rights during its transition to democracy.
HONG KONG — Twitter's chief executive, Jack Dorsey, *fresh* off a silent-meditation retreat in Myanmar, was so smitten with his visit that he posted a series of ...
A small but high-profile group of liberal activists is growing increasingly disillusioned with the administration Myanmar voted into power with sky-high hopes ...
Muslim lawyer Ko Ni was an adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi when he was assassinated. With his death, hopes for a new Myanmar dimmed.
YANGON: A Myanmar court jailed three activists on Friday for defaming the military during anti-war protests, amid growing concern about a ...
Myanmar youth activist and television host Thinzar Shun Lei Yi would once have called herself one of Aung San Suu Kyi's greatest fans. Now, she is one of her ...
China-Myanmar BRI cooperation demands concerted efforts. Myanmese government and people have to work to facilitate trade with more inclusive, rational and ...
Jay Jay the Journalist was written in prison by Wa Lone, one of two Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar a year ago.
In a part of Myanmar that is especially susceptible to natural disaster, primarily related to yearly monsoon rains and flooding, CWS has led Community-based ...
Yangon-based Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) will take part in an Asian “doing good” index, which examines fiscal, cultural and social ...
Time "Person of the Year" Editor Ben Goldberger says the magazine chose a group of journalists who are representative of doing the "absolutely essential work ...
Government and civil society organisations have endorsed a national nutrition action plan aimed at reducing malnutrition among mothers, children and ...
There are very few people like Daw Nang Lang Kham, deputy CEO of Kanbawza (KBZ) Bank Ltd who has achieved a lot within the early years of her career.
As the world focuses on the Rohingya issue, the Myanmar army stands accused of targeting another group in Kachin State.
The European Union said on Monday the World Trade Organization (WTO) was mired in a "deep crisis and the United States is at its epicentre", and it called on ...
Corruption eroding in human society should be systematically rooted out as it not only delays development of the people but it also tarnishes prestige of the ...
Reluctance to Talk About It is a Major Road Block to Reducing Sexual Harassment in Myanmar.
Through a spokesperson, the Twitter and Square CEO said he was unaware multiple government agencies were reportedly involved in organizing the flight.
YANGON, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar President U Win Myint on Friday called on the Anti-Corruption Commission to combat corruption with increased ...
At the culmination of the religious season, Buddhist chants, sermons and entreaties for donations are blared over speakers. (Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu).
Dr Thet Htwe tackles taboos and builds bridges as she gives sex education to people of all ages.
The necessity of peace by political means, inclusive of all nationalities and faiths within the Union. Authors. Lahpai Seng Raw. Programmes. Myanmar in Focus.
The Myanmar authorities must end their assault on peaceful protestors and immediately release three Kachin peace activists jailed for defaming the military, ...
Time magazine on Tuesday presented its “Person of the Year” honour to a group of journalists, including a slain Saudi Arabian writer and a pair of Reuters ...
An amended law governing vacant, fallow and virgin land threatens to turn millions of smallholder farmers into criminal trespassers.
By NAN LWIN HNIN PWINT. YANGON—Three civilians have died and two others were injured during a clash between the Shan State Army-North and the Shan ...
Activists from western Myanmar's Rakhine state demand the right to control the region's natural resources during a protest in Kyaukphyu township, Nov. 27, 2018 ...
There is a business case for hiring and supporting disabled employees, and companies can now do so with the help of a guidebook.
Control over avenues of social mobility has ensured Tatmadaw dominance, but greater freedoms in society and exposure to the world means its privileged ...
Outgoing UNFPA representative looks back on her work promoting empowerment of women and youth, and helping to organize the first census in decades.
A new gemstone law expected to be passed in the current session of parliament ignores civil society recommendations and does not address deep-seated ...
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon was elected the new president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences on Nov. 16.
Two start-ups led by women, EainChat and My Healthcare, were selected to represent Myanmar at the Women's Forum Global Meeting event in Paris earlier this ...
Inclusivity in Myanmar's peace process means not only the participation of different ethnic and religious groups but of all members of the community.
The most senior Japanese business leader in Myanmar urged the government to recognise how liberalisation, efficient bureaucracy and reliable power supply ...
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — In Myanmar, posts on Facebook have spread hate across the country, and critics say the response by the company has been ...
The Government of Myanmar's approach to land policy risks increasing land conflicts and exacerbating current challenges in formal peace negotiations.
Muslims upset over Myanmar minister's comment. Social media backlash after religious affairs minister appears to target Islam in remarks about 'extreme ...
Religious leaders, women's rights activists, and civil society groups representing the Kachin, Shan, and Ta'ang ethnic nationalities from Burma called for action ...
Aung San Suu Kyi should emphasize the importance of celebrating diversity rather than stoking the flames of prejudice.
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, a well-known teacher of Vajrayana Buddhism, surprised some in the Buddhist world recently when he penned an open ...
Facebook helped make Sandberg a women's empowerment icon. Now its scandals are hurting her credibility.
The Kayah State Government, with the support of The Asia Foundation, led a two-day civic consultation attended by 71 civil society representatives, media, ...
More than 1000 activists from 17 townships in western Myanmar's Rakhine state demanded the right to control the impoverished region's natural resources ...
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have to rely on international donors by 100 percent for their survival, and the government is not yet in position to allot budgets ...
2018 will go down in the record books as one of seemingly incessant geopolitical acrimony. For many policymakers, the imminent turn of the calendar offers brief ...
In Kayin State, the upgrade of one of the country's most important highways has been brought to a standstill and the blame game is in full swing.
Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Rakhine State have formed a group to help the government implement the recommendations of a panel on achieving ...
Kayah's regional government led a two-day civic consultation attended by 71 civil-society organisations, media, government officials. The consultation, led by the ...
Exclusive: Australia is potentially bestowing legitimacy on foreign security forces involved in abuses, Human Rights Watch says.
For all its faults, the internet compares favorably to earlier generations of TV and radio.
SINGAPORE, Dec. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Singapore Media Festival (SMF) 2018 wrapped up a hallmark year for Asian storytelling, drawing to its ...
Zoramthanga was an insurgent before joining the mainstream in 1986. When he was underground, he had gone to Beijing on a secret mission, spent time in ...
Four journalists, including Jamal Kashoggi, and a newspaper have been recognised by the magazine this year.
2018 has been an eventful year across Asia, but in a little over three weeks it'll be over. What's in store for the region in 2019? We asked members of the Asia ...
Last fall, as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar in the wake of brutal state persecution, soldiers selected 10 men at random from a camp of ...
The social network exploded in Myanmar, allowing fake news and violence to consume a country emerging from military rule.
The company, citing a human rights report it commissioned, said it was moving to prevent further abuses of its platform in Myanmar. Critics said they were ...
Asia Society Policy Institute issues a new paper highlighting the challenges and opportunities facing Myanmar, and how the West should engage the country.
But Facebook's lack of preparedness in Myanmar has not halted its efforts to expand access to the internet—and to Facebook—in the Global South. A couple of ...
The wives of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar jailed for seven years on official secrets charges insisted on Tuesday that the men were innocent and called for ...
In late 2016, reports of widespread violence emerged from Rakhine State in western Myanmar, just across a narrow sleeve of water from Bangladesh. There had ...
Recent reporting on how the Myanmar military harnessed Facebook to disseminate anti-Rohingya propaganda complicates the ongoing debate about ...
The social media giant took the rare step the same day that a scathing U.N. report called for war-crimes prosecutions of Myanmar's top military brass.
The man who photographed TIME's 2018 Person of the Year covers — featuring several journalists who have been targeted for their work— is, himself, ...
After local activists accused Facebook of not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platform, they got a response from the chief executive himself.
Emerald green Webi is nowhere on the tourist map, but it is home to the Karens, who came here from Burma across the stormy Andaman Sea more than 90 ...
Demonstrators call for basic labor protections and rights for migrant workers.
All the Asean news you need to know for December 17, 2018. Asean news, Asean Economic Community, Asean English news, Asean business news, Asean ...
Responding to Mark Zuckerberg's comments in a Vox interview, civil society advocates said Facebook had no consistent methods for dealing with hate speech ...
Two decades ago, civil society in Myanmar was declared dead. Now, in the wake of reforms starting in 2010, a diverse cross section of civil society ...
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney addressed the United Nations Correspondents Association on Dec. 5, delivering a warning about the persecution of ...
Millions of dollars have been channeled into Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects since the Myanmar-China oil and natural gas pipelines commenced ...
By YE MON | FRONTIER. BAGAN — Commercial development in the Bagan monument zone continued this week during an official visit by an expert from the ...
At least five people have been killed and over 95000 people have been forced to flee their homes by widespread flooding in seven states and regions during the ...
When Facebook invited journalists for a phone briefing on Tuesday evening to talk about its progress in tackling hate speech in Myanmar, it seemed like a ...
As governments across the world exploit social platforms to tear societies apart, undermine democracy, spread misinformation, encourage chaos, dehumanize ...
The Shwe Yang Seezar Alzheimer's Association of Myanmar is conducting a dementia survey of people over 60 years old in Botahtaung township of Yangon ...
News item | 13-09-2018 | 11:26. The Ministry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has launched a second Call for Proposals for the Human Rights Fund.
"The risk of Facebook *content* sparking open violence is arguably nowhere higher right now than in Myanmar," six Myanmar organizations wrote in an open ...
The next "key milestone" that Asean wants to see in the ongoing Rohingya crisis is the repatriation of refugees to Myanmar, said Foreign Minister Vivian ...
This story is published in a *content* partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nahal Toosi on politico.com August 13, 2018. A US State Department ...
On December 10, the world marks 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Regrettably, instead of the anniversary signaling ...
Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar will have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret ...
A wave of births in refugee camps coincides with the Myanmar Army's campaign of rape. Having been violated, the Muslim women are now shunned by their ...
October 10, 2018. By Alyson Curro · Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Email Print Share. I was on the grounds of a textile factory an hour outside Mandalay, ...
The sudden resignation of Myanmar President Htin Kyaw is a worrying development for the country's future, according to one politics watcher, especially as a ...
Catholic clergy and laypeople have been expelled from Myanmar's northern Shan state by a China-backed ethnic minority army. Two Salesian priests, three ...
Mohib Bullah, a member of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, writes after collecting data about victims of a military crackdown in Myanmar, ...
A quarrel at a tea shop in Yangon city triggered off a nationwide popular pro-democracy movement that spread throughout the country that came to be known as ...
The first known fossil remains of a baby snake have turned up in a hunk of amber found in Myanmar. The critter, a new species named Xiaophis myanmarensis, ...
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor once said, “Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.” Our generation is, arguably, the most ...