Child labour continues to be a serious problem affecting supply chains for goods sourced from Burma and other Asian countries, a new survey finds.

Founded in 2010, the smartphone messaging application is revolutionising the way activists and aid workers communicate, advocate and campaign in Burma.

CNDP says Burma’s proposed Religious Conversion Bill, if enacted into law, would violate the 2008 Constitution, as well as fundamental human rights guaranteed under the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

International aid agencies say they support those in need regardless of race or religion, following a protest in Sittwe where Arakan Buddhists called for the expulsion of the groups on the basis they are biased in favour of Rohingya Muslims.

Suu Kyi has been far more engaged in playing politics in the opaque corridors of power in Naypyidaw and making tours abroad than trying to listen to the Burmese public at large, whose support she and the NLD seem to take for granted.

A young girl emerges from a dark room with barred windows. Inside a group of women sit huddled on the dirty floor, some clutching...