Volume 4, Issue 20

November 22, 2018

Volume 4, Issue 20

Myitsone's moment of truth

Seven years after it was suspended, the Chinese developer of the Myitsone Dam is ramping up efforts to lobby residents amid a strengthening of China-Myanmar relations.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Editorial, Opinion

Push and pull

The repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh that was supposed to get underway on November 15 was always destined to fail given the present conditions in northern Rakhine State.

BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, News

Karen National Union suspends participation in peace talks

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BY Ye Mon

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Disabled community split over high-profile rape allegation

The chairperson of the Myanmar Federation of Persons with Disabilities is accused of raping a blind masseuse under his care, but not everyone is demanding justice.

BY Su Myat Mon

News, Affairs, Features

The refugee from Taungpyo

In early October 2016, Rohingya USDP member Ko Win Kyaing had high hopes for a better life… but now wonders whether he will be able to return home to Myanmar.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Bizfeed, Affairs, Business

Central Bank greenlights corporate loans by foreign banks

Myanmar’s Central Bank says companies will have to raise corporate governance standards before they can benefit from its decision allowing them to borrow from foreign banks.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

News, Affairs, Business, Features

Zero budget, zero benefit?

A big increase in visitors from China has sparked rising concern over zero budget tours, including their reliance on coercive sales techniques and unlicensed travel guides.

BY Ye Mon

Photo Essays, News, Affairs, Features

The artery of Yangon

Ambitious plans are being made for a pipeline in Yangon that plays a vital role in the communities through which it passes, and not only because it carries water.

BY Eva Hirschi

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Enter the dragon

The Myanmar government needs to ensure that mega Chinese investment projects truly serve the national interest.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Opinion

Fixing justice with the tools at hand

How to radically improve criminal procedure in Myanmar without spending much money or having to rewrite any laws.

BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Why a land law change is sparking fears of mass evictions

An amended law governing vacant, fallow and virgin land threatens to turn millions of smallholder farmers into criminal trespassers.

BY Ben Dunant

Bizfeed, Affairs, Business, Features

Asian Highway 1 revisited

In Kayin State, the upgrade of one of the country’s most important highways has been brought to a standstill and the blame game is in full swing.

BY Thomas Kean

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

‘Pure protectionism’: Tour operators lament Dawei motorbike ban

A recent tourism ministry order to companies in Dawei not to rent motorbikes to foreign visitors threatens to derail the town’s status as an emerging tourism destination.

BY Oliver Slow