By Zaw Zaw Htwe The Myanmar Times March 9, 2018
Built with Japanese help: San Kya Monastery Post-primary School in Myin Chan, Mandalay. Zaw Zaw Htwe/The Myanmar Times
The Japanese government says it is ready to contribute US$100,000 (K133.7 million) for each community-centred infrastructure project in villages to help underdeveloped areas of the country. More…
By Mizzima Saturday March 10, 2018
The Fourth EU-Myanmar Human Rights Dialogue on 5 March brought EU Special Representative Stavros Lambrinidis back to Myanmar for the sixth time since 2012. Photo: The Global New Light of Myanmar
Myanmar and the European Union held their fourth Human Rights Dialogue this week in Nay Pyi Taw co-chaired by Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin and EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis. More…
ZAW ZAW HTWE The Myanmar Times Friday December 1, 2017
MORE than 150,000 Myanmar migrants who do not have the proper documents returned home from Thailand between June 29 and November 27 after the Kingdom amended its foreign labour laws with harsh penalties, said Myanmar’s Ministry of Home Affairs. More…
The Dayak landowners, who come from all over Sarawak, with a banner outside Kuching High Court complex, giving their support to the headman Sandah anak Tabau and seven other landowners in Kuching December 20, 2016. — Pictures by Sulok Tawie
KUCHING, Malaysia – The Dayak people cannot apply their native customary rights (NCR) on land to claim virgin forests as their territorial domains and communal forest reserves, the Federal Court decided today in a crucial judgment that affect tens of other related disputes. More…
By HTET NAING ZAW/ THE IRRAWADDY| Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
Police forcibly detain labor rights protestors in Tatkon Township on Wednesday. (Photo: Thiha / The Irrawaddy)
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Police in Tatkon Township forcibly detained labor rights protestors marching from Sagaing Division to Naypyidaw, three weeks into the march and just miles outside the capital. More…
Jakarta Globe Tue March 15, 2016
JAKARTA, Indonesia – . President Joko Widodo received the honorary visit of Belgian Princess Princess Astrid, the sister of King Phillipe, at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, as part of Indonesia’s efforts to boost bilateral relations between the two countries, especially with economic partnerships.
Thanh Nien News Wednesday, March 16, 2016
The victims’ relatives at the ceremony. Photos credit: Tran Mai/Tuoi Tre
QUANG NGAI, Vietnam – Many people, including US veterans, gathered in the central province of Quang Ngai on Wednesday to commemorate 504 people who were killed in the notorious My Lai Massacre 48 years ago.
By Phyu Phyu Zin Mizzima News Oct 16, 2014
Activist Phyu Hnin Htwe, seen here on her release October 15. Photo: Ko Toe Gyi/Mizzima Activist Phyu Hnin Htwe, seen here on her release October 15. Photo: Ko Toe Gyi/Mizzima
Ma Phyu Hnin Htwe, a member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions, was released by the Yinmarbin District court on October 15 after kidnapping charges against the activist were dropped. More…
Milken Institute’s report noted that Kuala Lumpur recorded the third strongest job growth over the past five years, and its ranking was supported by a high per-capita household income. — Picture by Choo Choy May
The Malay Mail Online September 18, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR – Kuala Lumpur was ranked the 6th top performing Asian city ahead of Shanghai and Singapore, thanks to an “impressive job growth”, a US-based think tank revealed.
Milken Institute’s first ranking of the economic performance of Asia’s major cities was based on actual economic performance assessing job and income growth, and the strength of industries on the extent of economic value they add, it said in a statement. More…
