Land Buyers in Myanmar’s Yangon Have to Pay Infrastructure Fees Posted: 22 Oct 2019 05:14 AM PDT  Yangon is selling about 530 plots of land to boost business development and housing in the crowded city. |
Karen, Mon Leaders Visit Disputed Area on Thai-Myanmar Border Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:55 AM PDT  Leaders from ethnic Mon and Karen armed groups visit contested territory after renewed clashes that reportedly killed at least three people. |
Two Human Trafficking Operations Busted in a Single Apartment in Mandalay Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:46 AM PDT  Mandalay police rescued women from two separate trafficking operations Sunday: one forced women into prostitution, the other planned to sell women as brides in China. |
Villager Injured by Artillery Strike in Myanmar’s Rakhine Posted: 22 Oct 2019 04:03 AM PDT  Fighting between government forces and the Arakan Army continues across northern Rakhine State despite talk of a ceasefire. |
Protesters Outside Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo Condemn ‘Silent Genocide’ in Rakhine Posted: 22 Oct 2019 03:49 AM PDT  As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Tokyo, protesters outside Myanmar Embassy accuse her government, Tatmadaw of committing 'silent genocide' against the Arakanese people. |
Abbot Killed by Gunmen Amid Tax Dispute in Myanmar’s Shan State Posted: 22 Oct 2019 03:30 AM PDT  Abbot in Lashio, Shan State, killed at his monastery by unknown gunmen amid a controversy among ethnic Shan and Ta'ang over taxation by an ethnic armed group. |
Tracking the Myanmar Govt’s Income Sources and Spending Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:36 AM PDT  Despite the government's vow to boost efficiency, Myanmar's budget deficit has widened annually under the NLD. The Irrawaddy examines the state's inflows and outflows. |
Myanmar’s Rakhine Sees No Benefit From Major Projects: MP Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:06 AM PDT  The Arakan Front Party vice chairman, U Kyaw Lwin, says the Maday special economic zone will crush people's lives, like the other large projects on the island. |
Youth Activist Calls for Joint Effort to Clean Up Indonesia’s Seas Posted: 21 Oct 2019 11:04 PM PDT  Young people can get the job done better, faster, says 24-year-old environmental engineer and founder of the NGO Divers Clean Action. |
Thai King Strips ‘Disloyal’ New Royal Consort of Titles Posted: 21 Oct 2019 10:59 PM PDT  Thailand's king strips his recently appointed royal consort of her honors and military ranks for breaching courtiers' code of conduct and being disloyal, palace says. |
Japanese Emperor Begins Enthronement Ritual Amid Downpour Posted: 21 Oct 2019 10:39 PM PDT  Japan's new Emperor Naruhito began a centuries-old ritual to declare his enthronement before a huge audience of foreign royals and other dignitaries. |