Two ministers to newly created Union-level ministries, and a new chairperson and commissioners for a revamped configuration of Burma’s anti-graft body were sworn in at a Union Parliament session on…
Author: AUNG SAN OO
Govt lures foreign embassies to Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw municipality says it will offer five-acre plots of land to foreign embassies on 50-year leases.
More ‘clearance operations,’ troops for Arakan after latest violence: minister
A Union minister has said the presence of security forces will be boosted in Arakan State, a troubled border region where recent violence has renewed scrutiny on the government, its…
Burma looks to ‘legalise’ domestic workers abroad
The move comes after a tragic incident on 12 June when a Burmese domestic helper jumped to her death from a 19-storey building in Singapore.
Ethnic states can write own constitutions: State Counsellor’s Office
UPDJC agrees in principle to allow administrative regions and states a federal right to adopt their own constitutions, but only on the basis that they do not seek to break…
Attorney general weighs in on internet defamation law
Many observers say Article 66(d) has been used summarily to incarcerate dozens of government or military critics.