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Thai-Myanmar border demarcation on the horizon
Three Thai men are marching from Chumphon town, in southern Thailand, to the gated walls of the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok in ...
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The new sweatshop of Asia?
Foreign clothing companies are licking their lips as they seek to set up shop in Myanmar, Asia’s new investment opportunity.Tags: Editorial
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The optimistic bookseller
(Interview) Dr Thant Thaw Kaung is the chief executive officer of Myanmar Book Centre Co., Ltd and has more than two decades’ ...Tags: interview
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Equal access
Nay Lin Soe is the founder and programme director of the Myanmar Independent Living Initiative (MILI), which is a local NGO that aims to build an inclusive society and enables persons with ...Tags:...
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Exclusive interview with U Toe Naing Mann
In an exclusive interview with Mizzima, Thura U Shwe Mann’s son, U Toe Naing Mann, walks us through the recent turmoil in ...Tags: interviewUSDP Crisis
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The Khin Nyunt-isation of Shwe Mann
Until his downfall in 2004, Khin Nyunt had been head of military intelligence as well as holding various other posts. He was a brutal man, Myanmar’s torturer-in-chief, responsible for monitoring and...
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Presidential Amnesty: More anger than benefit for releasing Chinese loggers?
It was supposed to be a diplomatic coup when President Thein Sein freed the 155 Chinese workers sentenced to life imprisonment for ...Tags: Commentary
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The Peace Corps has arrived
Since 2013, the Peace Corps, a U.S. government initiative to support developing nations, has been conducting a series of assessments to ...Tags: interview
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‘We need genuine competition and respect the public’s choice’- Khun Tun Oo
Khun Tun Oo, 72, is an ethnic Shan politician and leader of SNLD ...Tags: interview
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‘Protecting our race and religion is what we should do’ - Ayeyarwady Region...
In the course of investigating a campaign by prominent members of ...Tags: interview
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Minimum wage fall-out begins
As was to be expected the backlash against the approval of the minimum wage has led to punitive attacks not on ...Tags: Editorial
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How prepared is Myanmar for another natural disaster?
Heavy seasonal rains, augmented by Cyclone Komen, led to serious flooding and landslides that killed dozens of ...Tags: Flood in Myanmarinterview
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Ceasefire player
Khun Myint Tun, chairman of the Pa-Oh National Liberation Organization which signed the recent Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was a former youth leader in the National League for Democracy Tags: interview
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Peace process marred by Tatmadaw’s military offensives
As the nationwide elections draw nearer with each passing day, problems surrounding the country’s future seems to be accumulating ...Tags: Commentary
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“Joining a Ma Ba Tha event is a USDP member’s right and choice”
Dr. Toe Toe Aung is the Mon State Minister for Civil Development for the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
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Aung San Suu Kyi and the finest hour of the golden peacock
Myanmar is a small country in Southeast Asia, isolated from the rest of the world for over half a century until recently.Tags: Commentary
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Election brings hope and sadness for Myanmar’s political prisoners
As millions turned out to vote with hope in their hearts on Sunday, one of the groups of people unable to take part ...Tags: Commentary
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Betrayal of General Aung San’s dream
(EDITORIAL) This is the first time in a generation that Myanmar has a chance of a free vote to elect their rulers.
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Treating More HIV Patients in More Places: Myanmar’s Next Challenge
Between 2011 and 2014, Myanmar more than doubled the number of people living with HIV who are on long-term ...Tags: Commentary
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Interview with winning Karen NLD candidate
BNI Election News room interviewed Nan Khin Htwe Myint, a National League for Democracy (NLD) candidate that won a seat in ...Tags: interview
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