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News of Mandalay
HRW reveals satellite photos of destruction from sectarian attacks; blames gov't
Human Rights Watch calls for decisive action by Myanmar's government to end deadly violence targeting Muslim communities and releases satellite images that show the destruction of entire neighbourhoods in recent riots. In a statement issued on Monday, the New York-based independent human rights (...)

01 - 04 - 2013
Myanmar to hold first-ever LGBT rally
BANGKOK: Thursday will mark a turning point for rights in Myanmar as the country is to hold its first-ever public LGBT Pride. The celebrations are scheduled as part of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The upcoming Pride has attracted UN officials, artists, writers and (...)

16 - 05 - 2012
Watch for hotel fees, and not just for Internet
If you're budgeting for summer travel, be on the lookout for fees on your hotel bill for everything from newspapers to luggage storage. Some of the fees can be avoided: Be careful with the mini-bar, because even jostling items may incur a charge if they are electronically tracked, and ask about (...)

13 - 05 - 2011
Myanmar monks protest over mine violence, security tight
To protest against police violence during a crackdown on demonstrators at a copper mine last month, which left at least 50 people injured, hundreds of Buddhist monks hit the streets of cities and towns in Myanmar Hundreds of Buddhist monks took to the streets of several cities and towns in Myanmar (...)

12 - 12 - 2012
Myanmar monks protest over police violence
Hundreds of Buddhist monks took to the streets of several cities and towns in Myanmar on Wednesday to protest against police violence during a crackdown on demonstrators at a copper mine last month. At least 50 people were injured on Nov. 29, including more than 20 monks who suffered serious burns, (...)

12 - 12 - 2012
Strong Quake Hits Central Myanmar, At Least Five Dead
A major earthquake hit central Myanmar on Sunday near Mandalay, its second-biggest city, but reports suggested damage was limited and officials contacted knew of only five dead, although several construction workers were missing. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck around 60 km (37 miles) northwest (...)

11 - 11 - 2012
The tragedy of Burmese Muslims
Muslims have been victims of discrimination and human rights violations in Burma for many decades. General Aung San, father of modern Burma, envisioned a more open nation with respect for differences. Aung San, head of the Burma Independence Army and father of Aung San Suu Kyi, managed to maneuver (...)

19 - 07 - 2012
Opinion: The tragedy of Burmese Muslims
Muslims have been victims of discrimination and human rights violations in Burma for many decades. General Aung San, father of modern Burma, envisioned a more open nation with respect for differences. Aung San, head of the Burma Independence Army and father of Aung San Suu Kyi, managed to (...)

18 - 07 - 2012
Myanmar's Suu Kyi takes election campaign to army's heartland
Yangon (dpa) – Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled Monday to Myanmar's administrative capital, Naypyidaw, taking her election campaign to the heart of the military-backed government's power base. Shrugging off a bout of illness that caused her to cut short a speech to 100,000 supporters (...)

05 - 03 - 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi on campaign trail in Myanmar
Yangon (dpa) – Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled in north-west Myanmar Sunday on a campaign tour that has drawn large crowds but caused some concern about her health, reports said Sunday. Suu Kyi, 66, who is running for a parliamentary seat in an April 1 by-election, was reported to be (...)

04 - 03 - 2012
Burmese travel bans, Buddhas and beaches
We sat in the anteroom of the Chinese-style guesthouse, tense, returning the stony glares of the longyi garbed Burmese men with crimson stained teeth, a by-product of the incessant chewing of betel nut, evidently vogue in the Union of Myanmar. Our passports had just been handed to a boy who raced (...)

20 - 03 - 2011
`Precious' in 3-D? Filmmakers predict 3-D dramas
Movies are evolving ever more into 3-D, a shake-up of the medium that has been compared to the advent of sound or color in motion pictures. But if digital 3-D is so revolutionary, it will need to go beyond fantasy and animated blockbusters to drama and live action comedy. Explorations of Pandora (...)

04 - 03 - 2010
What hope Myanmar?
As the protests fizzle out in the wake of the military junta's violent crackdown, many are wondering whether there is any hope for change in Myanmar. Are the people of Myanmar condemned to eternal suffering? Is their ordeal and anguish some sort of bad karma from which there is no escape? There (...)

08 - 10 - 2007
Cry, Beloved Burma
Religious orders of monks have been the face of Burma ever since Buddhism was introduced here more than 1,000 years ago. For a monk to involve himself in politics or to hold a political post is contrary to the ethical code of Theravada Buddhism. But in Burma today, this spiritual philosophy, rooted (...)

03 - 11 - 2007
India to Thailand Trilateral Highway to be finished in 2016
NEW DELHI: India's Ambassador to Thailand Anil Wadhwa said on Tuesday that the trilateral highway via Myanmar to Thailand will be completed by 2016 after Myanmar received a $500 million loan for financing the 3,200 kilometer highway. The highway aims at boosting tourism and business between the (...)

14 - 08 - 2012
Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat, Burma's Weekly 11 win Le Monde award
With the support of TV5MONDE, Reporters Without Borders and Le Monde are pleased to award the 2011 Press Freedom Prize to two symbols of courage, Syrian newspaper cartoonist Ali Ferzat and the Burmese newspaper Weekly Eleven News. The award ceremony was held today at the Le Monde auditorium in (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
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