State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi remains the frontrunner, as Myanmar gears up for General Elections – its second since it emerged from decades of military rule. Myanmar plans to push ahead with a …
Varsity autonomy in Myanmar may take 3 years: official
Myanmar’s 16 government universities that were recently granted autonomy will fully realise their freedom after three years, a senior educator said.
Myanmar’s growth prospects shrink on resurgence of COVID-19
Stringent containment measures, an uncertain export outlook and strengthening of the local currency against the US dollar could delay Myanmar’s economic recovery into 2021 following a spike in the …
Ousted and outspoken: the lady taking on The Lady in Myanmar
Booted from Aung San Suu Kyi’s “chaotic and autocratic” party, one female MP is now taking on Myanmar’s national heroine in the upcoming election, claiming the country needs to work with, not against, …
Indonesia in good position to revive world pressure on Myanmar: Jakarta Post contributor
In the article, the writer says that what’s needed is effective interaction between the United Nations (UN) secretary-general, the UN special rapporteur for Myanmar and the secretary general’s special …
Myanmar Orders Yangon Stay at Home From Monday
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The order in Yangon, Myanmar’s …
Myanmar: Student arrests draw ire of activists
YANGON, Myanmar The arrest of three students by Myanmar’s authorities for organizing protests has drawn the ire of activists across the globe. The …
Indonesia in good position to revive world pressure on Myanmar
Also last week, eight countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany urged Myanmar to immediately enable “safe, voluntary, sustainable and dignified return of refugees”, …
The Day Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi First Met Her Jailer
On this day in 1994, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, then under house arrest as the leader of Myanmar’s democracy movement, met junta leader Snr-Gen Than Shwe for the first time.
444 arrested for violating curfew in Myanmar
At least 444 people were arrested in Myanmar in a week for violating the curfew imposed in some regions and states in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, police said on Sunday.