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    Category: Society

    Culture Lead Story News Society

    Govt pledges to safeguard Rangoon architecture

    Minister tells architectural forum that regulations should be followed and different actors must work together.

    Lead Story Media News Society Uncategorized

    Min Ko Naing: Media not impartial

    Generation 88 leader tells audience that the media should not smear democracy activists in the name of impartiality.

    Lead Story News Society Sport

    Burma’s footballers qualify for pensions

    The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) will begin providing monthly stipends of 50,000 kyat (US$50) to selected retired national team players as from next month.

    Lead Story News Society

    Burma’s roads claim over 500 in 2014

    Traffic police attributed the accidents in most part to human error, including reckless driving and a general lack of understanding of traffic rules.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division News Society

    Water woes strike Mandalay

    The citizens of Mandalay are becoming increasingly concerned about a polluted water supply.

    Lead Story News Parliament Rangoon Society

    Rangoon govt to debate legalising sex work venues

    A proposal to legalise and regulate karaoke bars and massage parlours in Rangoon Division was put forward at a regional parliament session on Monday.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Society

    Rangoon govt tackles traffic congestion

    Rangoon’s Minister of Finance says there are plans for new overpasses to relieve traffic congestion in Tamwe, Bahan and Mayangone townships, and traffic lights for 65 busy junctions.

    Disabled athletes complete 434 mile wheelchair journey video

    Lead Story News Society Video

    Disabled athletes complete 434 mile wheelchair journey

    A group of wheelchair athletes has cycled from Rangoon to Mandalay to promote the International Day of People with Disabilities.

    Crime Lead Story News Rangoon Society

    Rangoon police nab 12,000 drivers in a week

    Rangoon traffic police have announced that they charged 12,000 drivers for traffic violations in just one week. Fines for breaking traffic rules generally incurred a 1,500 kyat (US$1.50) fine, police authorities said.

    Kachin Lead Story News Society

    Alive – helicopter crew survive crash on Hkakabo Razi

    All three crew members of a Thai helicopter that went missing while delivering supplies in the search for two missing Burmese mountaineers have been found alive.

    Lead Story News Society

    Rangoon police force short on manpower

    Rangoon’s police force has just over 5,000 officers, enforcing the law and dealing with the crime in a city of more than seven million people.

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    2015 Elections Conflict Development Lead Story News Photos Society

    Images of the week

    Photographs from: fighting in Myawaddy between Burmese government forces and Karen rebels; a Mandalay village is buried in silt following flooding; Mickey and Minnie come to town; and a light-hearted moment during ceasefire talks in Rangoon.

    Lead Story News Society Sport

    Food rations the key to survival for missing climbers

    Hopes are fast fading for the two Burmese mountaineers, Aung Myint Myat and Wai Yan, and a 27 September deadline has been set to find the climbers alive.

    Lead Story News Society

    Burmese police still torture detainees, UN told

    As the 27th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council convened this week, a legal advisory group has warned that Burma’s police force still uses torture during interrogations.

    Lead Story News Society

    Miss Myanmar ‘looks like an angel, but she is the devil’, say pageant sponsors

    The organisers of the Miss Asia Pacific World beauty pageant have hit back angrily at Miss Myanmar Mae Myat Noe following her press conference last week, accusing her of deceit and lies.

    Lead Story News Society

    16-yr-old Miss Myanmar says she was coaxed to ‘escort’ Korean tycoons

    Mae Myat Noe hits back at Miss Asia Pacific World organisers, accusing them of manipulating her age, coercing her to have plastic surgery, and coaxing her to escort rich businessmen on dates.

    Lead Story News Society

    Burmese beauty stripped of crown, but absconds with tiara

    Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 May Myat Noe has been dethroned, but organisers accuse her of vanishing with the $100,000 crown as well as the new set of breasts they paid for.

    Lead Story News Society

    Miss Myanmar aims to learn from past contestants

    “I will carefully learn from the experiences of my two seniors – their advantages and disadvantages – to prepare for what is necessary,” Khin Wai Phyo said during a press conference.

    Elderly Michaungkan protestor dies after 138-day vigil video

    Land Lead Story News Society Video

    Elderly Michaungkan protestor dies after 138-day vigil

    Seventy-six-year-old activist Thaung Nyunt had campaigned relentlessly against the confiscation of her land and that of her community, right up until her death on Friday.

    Monks helped defuse riot, not enflame it: ABMU video

    Lead Story News Religion Society Video

    Monks helped defuse riot, not enflame it: ABMU

    The All Burma Monks’ Union say Buddhist monks at the scene of riots in Mandalay on Tuesday night had helped diffuse the situation, not enflame it.

    Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots video

    Lead Story Mandalay Division News Religion Society Video

    Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots

    Police officers are lining the streets of Mandalay after violence between Buddhists and Muslims broke out on Tuesday night.

    DVB Debate: Why are drug abuse and production flourishing in Burma? video

    Drugs DVB Debate Lead Story News Society Video

    DVB Debate: Why are drug abuse and production flourishing in Burma?

    Panellists on DVB discuss corruption in the drug industry and ask how known drug lords have been able to operate without arrest.

    Aung San Suu Kyi launches landmark tropics report video

    Environment Lead Story News Society Suu Kyi Video

    Aung San Suu Kyi launches landmark tropics report

    Aung San Suu Kyi launches the State of the Tropics report in Rangoon, which reveals just how crucial the regions are to the world’s future.

    DVB Debate: Ending slavery in Burma video

    DVB Debate Lead Story News Society Video

    DVB Debate: Ending slavery in Burma

    DVB Debate discusses why forced labour and trafficking in Burma are so widespread and debate how to end modern slavery in the country.

    Displaced Thilawa villagers descend on Tokyo video

    Lead Story Natural resources News Society Video

    Displaced Thilawa villagers descend on Tokyo

    A group of residents living in Rangoon’s Thilawa have travelled to Tokyo to lodge a formal complaint to Japan International Corporation Agency.

    Lead Story News Society

    Trishaw drivers protest ‘unnecessary demands’ by Prome council

    Trishaw drivers pedalled the streets of Prome, central Burma, on Thursday to protest a recent municipal council regulation requiring them to install side-rails on the passenger seats of their vehicles.

    Burma’s police strive to be more people-friendly video

    Lead Story News Society Video

    Burma’s police strive to be more people-friendly

    In an effort to improve relations between the police and the public, the EU will provide further training in crowd control and human rights to the Myanmar [Burma] Police Force and help roll out community policing courses.

    A national treasure video

    Lead Story News Society Video

    A national treasure

    Archaeologists in central Burma’s Pegu region have discovered what they believe to be the ruins of an ancient religious site, which could date back to the Pyu era.

    DVB Debate: The power of celebrity video

    DVB Debate Lead Story News Society

    DVB Debate: The power of celebrity

    As the media industry enjoys newfound freedom following the lifting of censorship, Burmese celebrities have more opportunities to engage with topical issues and voice their opinions to their fans. DVB Debate discusses the growing influence of Burmese celebrities.

    Corruption within Burma’s judicial system exposed video

    Feature Lead Story News Property Society Video

    Corruption within Burma’s judicial system exposed

    DVB’s special investigative documentary exposes how court procedures are manipulated using false evidence and documents. We follow one case and one woman who is using the courts to falsely claim ownership of two plots of land.

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