Generals unveil drugs strategy
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The military-controlled Ministry of Home Affairs claims it is making efforts to adopt an all-round drugs approach to tackle the problem. Major General Aung Soe,...
Commentary on “Is the NLD government acquiescing to the Tatmadaw?”
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If we are going to find satisfaction just on a few rejection that the NLD has done during its nearly two years in power,...
Heroin worth K100m seized, three women arrested
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Herion was seized from three women who were about to take a China Air flight to Taipei and they were charged under the Narcotic...
The Myanmar Population in The U.S. Growing, College Enrollment Rate Rising
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3, 2017 – A Burmese American Community Institute (BACI) study finds the college going rate among Burmese-Americans 85 percent this year. The researchers...
Secession, Federalism and Decentralization
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The second session of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference ended with the revival of the word ‘secession’ a word that people have long...
New chairman appointed to U.N. mission probing Myanmar abuses
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YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations' Human Rights Council has replaced the chairwoman of a team investigating allegations of killings and rape by Myanmar's...
Language diversity in Myanmar – a blessing in disguise?
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My father told me a story that happened to two of his friends on a tram in Warsaw in the 1980s. Both men were...
Govt alarmed by rising drug abuse in prisons
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The government raised alarm over the high incidence of drug abuse among prisoners in the country underscoring the need to urgently address the problem,...
AIDS-related Deaths Decrease Significantly in Myanmar: Report
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YANGON — AIDS-related deaths in Myanmar have dropped 52 percent in the past six years, the sharpest decline in Asia and the Pacific, according...
Ks2.9b in heroin seized in Shan State
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The suspect and the evidence. Shan State police say they have seized, along with a suspect, a heroin shipment worth Ks2.9 billion. The police, army,...





