Anger is growing after dozens of university enrollees were expelled in recent days for demanding an increase to Burma’s national education budget, reviving a proud but often fraught tradition of student protest that has in the past both unseated dictators and killed thousands of young dissidents.

We firmly believe there should be no ‘double jeopardy’," said Dr. Arkar Moe Thu, the chairperson of Dagon University Teachers Union.

Chin human rights activist Cheery Zahau speaks to DVB about what is needed to empower women in the workforce.

Education reform in Burma is underway -- and not a moment too soon.

Nay Myo Lin, a reporter for the BBC Burmese-language service, denounced his three-month prison sentence as unfair after he was found guilty of assaulting a police officer during protests last year.

Mismanagement and a chronic lack of funding during 50 years of military rule are the main culprits for the poor state of healthcare in Burma today.