Burmese cartoonists weren’t always so worried about the potential repercussions of what they draw, but a spike in online defamation cases under the current government of Aung San Suu Kyi has them on edge.
Many farmers in Arakan State suffer from the lack of labour, low mechanisation and poor market access for farm produce.
Myint Thein, a Fisheries Department officer in southern Arakan State, an area with thousands of fishermen, discusses the challenges facing the fishing industry there.
Arakan Features Lead Story News
Fishing, a major industry in impoverished Arakan State, has been in a long decline, pushing many coastal communities into debt.
Lead Story News Technology & Science Women's Issues
As Internet and mobile phone use surge, more women are experiencing abusive online posting of intimate private photos without their consent.
Interview Lead Story News Women's Issues
Naw Aye Aye Hlaing of the Rangoon-based NGO Women Can Do It Myanmar discusses the need for changes in women’s roles in Burmese society.
Lead Story News Women's Issues
Women who are victims of abusive husbands face cultural and legal barriers if they want to file for a divorce or lodge a criminal complaint.
Ethnic issues Interview Lead Story News
Khun Maung Thaung, the vice-president of the Pa-O National Organisation and chairman of a parliamentary committee on ethnic affairs, expresses confidence in the NLD’s peacemaking efforts.
Human Rights Labour Issues Lead Story News
Thousands of girls from poor families across Burma work as maids for wealthier households, and often face gruelling working hours and abuse.
Lead Story News Society Women's Issues
Women’s activists and lawmakers say a stigma on single mothers should be addressed and youth sex education expanded to stop a rise in abandoned newborns.
Ethnic issues Interview Lead Story News
Yan Kyin Kan, a Lower House MP for the Kokang Democracy and Unity Party, discusses the challenges facing his war-torn region in Shan State.
Dr. Nang Pann Ei Kham heads a network of civil society groups and researchers who advocate reforming Burma’s ineffective drug control laws.
Lead Story Natural Disasters News
It has been eight months since floods wreaked havoc across Burma, but in Magwe Division many farmers are struggling to get back on their feet.
When her father died of AIDS in 2003, Pyae Phu Khaing* was just three years old, and only two years later her mother died of the same disease.
Lead Story News Society Women's Issues
Drawn out court proceedings, weak law enforcement and conservative attitudes towards women undermine justice in rape cases
2015 Elections Interview Lead Story
Lisu National Development Party lawmaker Lar Mar Lay discusses his party’s priorities as he enters Burma’s lower house.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
“Some people are surprised our party has survived,” says National Unity Party candidate Phyu Phyu Nyunt.
2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Politics
Kaman National Progressive Party vice chairman Hla Toe talks about his party’s campaign, the problems of the Kaman Muslims and Burma’s political future.
