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Generals unveil drugs strategy

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?”

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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,...

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