“I was docking the boat when it suddenly appeared out of nowhere and gnashed at my leg,” said Saw Naung.
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In Bed with Two Genocidal Regimes in the ASEAN Region: The Case of Singapore, the “Switzerland of Southeast Asia”
Running a government is not like running a church, as the 6th President, the late S. R. Nathan, angrily shouted at me some 30 years ago. But running a state should not mean collaborating and profiting from the genocidal regimes in the backyard. by Maung Zarni for FORSEA The year was 1993, and the venue …
DVB Bulletin: 15 November 2016
On tonight’s bulletin: Crocodiles stalk Irrawaddy town Eleven Media reach out for Press Council mediation 65kgs of fireworks crashes at Pyin Oo Lwin balloon festival You can watch DVB Bulletin every weeknight on DVB TV after the eight o’clock news
'The Burmese Python' comes home
Aung La Nsang, the Myitkyina-born mixed martial artist known as “the Burmese Python,” will have his first professional match in Burma tonight.
The origins of Burmese migrant worker misery
While correctly demanding that Thailand end its rights abuses against migrants, the incoming NLD government also needs address the structural inequalities and abuses that have driven people from Burma to work and live outside their country.
Unions accuse Thai govt of migrant abuse
Trade union consortium claims Bangkok is guilty of violating international law on the rights of migrants working without protection