Volume 4, Issue 21

December 6, 2018

Volume 4, Issue 21

The misrule of Inle Lake

Inle Lake and its mismanagement is a case study in the limits of devolution under the 2008 Constitution, and the dispossession of ethnic communities.

BY Ben Dunant

Editorial, Opinion

Twelve months too long

December 12 will mark one year to the day since Reuters journalists Ko Wa Lone and Ko Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested by police on the outskirts of Yangon. They have been behind bars ever since.

BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Judicial graft case raises questions over suspect’s appointment

Yangon Region’s former chief legal official is a defendant in a high-profile corruption case that has left the NLD government with some explaining to do.

BY Ye Mon

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

In northern Rakhine State, a standoff over citizenship guarantees

A standoff over citizenship guarantees and concerns about safety have diminished the likelihood of large-scale repatriation, with government officials saying Rohingya demands are “impossible”.

BY Su Myat Mon

Opinion

Messages of welcome sound hollow in northern Rakhine State

The Myanmar government insists it is ready to receive Rohingya who want to return from camps in Bangladesh, but is it being sincere?

BY Su Myat Mon

Bizfeed, Affairs, Business, Features

Investment ministry plan generates mixed reaction

Critics of the government’s move to form a ministry for attracting investment say it was needed years ago, but supporters say the negative comments are premature.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

Bizfeed, Affairs, News, Business, Features

Highway to hell: the degradation of the Yangon-Pathein road

The mismanagement of the Yangon-Pathein highway has raised questions about build-operate-transfer contracts awarded to private companies by the former junta.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

Travel, Features, Culture

A teak tycoon’s lasting bequest

Two imposing Buddhist shrines at a monastery in a quiet Kayin State village are the legacy of a feisty teak tycoon who took on the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and lost.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The government needs to ease the plight of Muslims in Rakhine

Muslims in Rakhine State will continue trying to flee to other countries while they endure onerous travel restrictions, disrupted livelihoods and a miserable existence in camps.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Opinion

Sometimes, dreams come true

Scholarships funded by a foundation with historic links to Myanmar have been turning dreams into reality for deserving students for 25 years.

BY Aung Tun

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Idealism and inertia: US policy in the age of Rakhine

Multiple power centres in United States politics complicates foreign policy, particularly when a country is in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.

BY Thomas Kean

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Plugging the service gap in Kayin State

In lieu of government, volunteer groups continue to meet the basic needs of communities. One such is the youth-heavy Marga Society in Hpa-an.

BY Eva Hirschi

Travel, Features, Culture

For the fifth installment in our travel series focused on wild swimming spots, we explore canopy shrouded streams, trek through the jungle to giant waterfalls and profile one jaw-dropping spot that remains off limits due to conflict.

BY Dominic Horner