DVB invited Supreme Court lawyer Ko Ni, to give his take on the current state of affairs as anticipation grows for the election later this year.

Students continue their protests and are met by officials as they march against the controversial National Education Law.

The instability being caused by the ongoing public campaign to amend the Constitution will ultimately hurt the country, Burma’s President Thein Sein has warned.

Government authorities say they will take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of foreigners and Burmese nationals working for aid agencies in Arakan state. Meanwhile IDPs are facing food shortages as the decrease in staff affects supply chains.

The European Union and the United States expressed “deep concern” on Thursday evening after mobs of Arakanese Buddhists attacked homes and offices of humanitarian aid workers in the capital of Burma’s western Arakan State.

Several politicians and civic society leaders weigh in on President Thein Sein’s comments this weekend when he told a forum of businessmen in Rangoon that Burma’s process of reform was on the “right path”.