The BBC’s Burmese-language news service has severed ties with Burma’s MNTV, with the former citing “interference” from the state broadcaster, saying it had constituted “a serious breach of trust with our audiences.”
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Reporter walks free from a court in Mandalay on Thursday, when he won an appeal against a conviction for punching a policeman.
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In her first media interview since the general election, NLD leader Suu Kyi tells BBC her party will win a convincing majority in parliament.
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The November polls will change nothing; the military will stay in charge, says Burmese dissident Maung Zarni.
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Koh Samui court orders all remaining forensic evidence found at the crime scene, including a shovel, to be gathered for forensic retesting.
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Burma’s recent reforms have created an atmosphere of journalistic possibilities, but many foreign journalists fail to capitalise on access to areas previously restricted to engage in more extensive coverage of ethnic politics.
Burma’s netizens went wild on Tuesday after Vice-President Nyan Tun was quoted in local media remarking that 2,000 kyat (US$2) per day was a liveable wage. The president’s spokesperson, Ye Htut, quickly tried to fix the situation, suggesting that Nyan Tun’s words were “misinterpreted”.
BBC targeting young Burmese ‘who have never voted’ in initiative aimed at showing the world how elections are done ‘in a Western democracy’
