Govt, Facebook to purge hate speech accounts
The government is set to work with Facebook to delete any accounts on the social network that incite personal attacks during the upcoming election.
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Cartoon Constitution Lead Story Military News
Military outweighs the rest
Though military appointees account for just 25 percent of parliamentary seats, they clearly punch above their weight.
Arts Education Lead Story News
Stolen childhoods
Backed with a haunting piano score, a Burmese cartoonist tells you in three minutes everything you need to know about child exploitation.
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Arts Lead Story News Photos Protest
The art of protest
An art exhibition is currently being held in Rangoon to call for the release of detained student activists and other political prisoners.
Myanmar Times apologises for land grab cartoon
An abject retraction is issued after Burma’s military authorities object to the sketch, which appeared to ridicule the army for confiscating land.
Monywa journalist arrested for lampooning military
Freelance photojournalist Aung Nay Myo is arrested for uploading a satirical post on Facebook mocking the Burmese military leaders.
CARTOON: Happy Union Day!
Unity and harmony were far from evident in northeastern Shan State, where air strikes were ordered on Kokang positions, forcing thousands of villagers to flee across the Chinese border.
The Art of Resistance
“Sneaking denunciations of the government past the censors was at once a point of pride, an act of duty, and a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with a regime singular in its desire to stamp out dissent.” – Alex Bookbinder looks at the life of Burmese cartoonist U Pe Thein.
