Volume 4, Issue 23

January 3, 2019

Volume 4, Issue 23

Bizfeed, News Feed, News, Affairs, Business, Features

Kachin’s plantation curse

Illegally grown tissue culture bananas are making quick profits for some, but are also fuelling land conflict and environmental degradation.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Editorial, Opinion

The National League for Democracy’s decision to shift the General Administration Department to the Ministry of the Office of the Union Government is an important step forward for civilian-led governance in Myanmar.

BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

In Facebook’s reverse reality, journalists are called traitors

Social media posts about the jailed Reuters journalists shows that many users believe they betrayed the country because they reported unpalatable facts.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn & Su Myat Mon

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

On social media, cleaning up isn’t easy

Efforts to expunge hate speech from social media platforms in Myanmar are hampered by the volume of traffic, multiple languages and a shortage of moderators and fact checkers.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn & Su Myat Mon

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Facing an uncertain future: Chin refugees in Malaysia

The UN refugee agency has begun phasing out the protection it provides in Malaysia to tens of thousands of Chin, most of whom do not want to return to Myanmar.

BY Eva Hirschi

News Feed, Bizfeed, News, Business, Features

Strike two for South Dagon shoe factory

As lawmakers consider changes to labour laws, workers go on strike for a second time in six months at a Taiwanese-owned shoe factory in South Dagon.

BY Hein Ko Soe

News Feed, Bizfeed, News, Business, Features

Despite EU embargo, Tatmadaw buys European aircraft

The Tatmadaw has acquired civilian aircraft made by European companies despite a tightening of the arms embargo in response to alleged atrocities in Rakhine State.

BY Thomas Kean

News Feed, Photo Essays, News, Affairs, Features

Salween Peace Park: federalism from below?

Hundreds gathered recently in a remote mountain village to celebrate the inauguration of a ‘peace park’ backed by the Karen National Union.

BY Ben Dunant

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Tapping the tourism potential of the Myeik Archipelago

A comprehensive plan is urgently needed to encourage and guide tourism development in one of the world’s most beautiful archipelagos.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Opinion

Identity crisis

The idea that “to be Burmese is to be Bamar and Buddhist” should be supplanted by a broader notion – that “to be Burmese is to be born in Burma”.

BY Than Toe Aung

News Feed, News, Affairs

Dagon Seikkan's housing blues

A land ownership dispute in Dagon Seikkan Township has upset a local NGO’s efforts to provide housing for low-income families, and divided a community.

BY Win Zar Ni Aung

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Improving life for Yangon’s white elephants

A plan nearing completion for Yangon’s three sacred white elephants will enable them to roam an enclosure rather than being shackled for most of the day.

BY Eva Hirschi