Matthew Roebuck

A mass call from Myanmar’s civil society to drop ‘Nation, Race and Religion’ bills
The four proposed bills to “Protect Nation, Race, and Religion,” have been accused of contravening a number of national and international frameworks...
Let the Games Begin
Singapore has announced its inten- tion to hold the largest “extravaganza”; its National Stadium has ever seen when it hosts the opening ceremony of...
Let the world come to you at the academy
When the internet took one of its inevitable downtime moments at the Mizzima office in the Pearl Condo we found ourselves on the hunt for a wi-fi...
All Roads lead to Prome
Unlike the ‘Road to Mandalay’ the ‘Road to Pyay’ or Prome as it was known, is less well travelled by those on the tourist trail. For those looking to...
A locomotive sitting on the last remaining portion of the "Death Railway" at Thanbyuzayat in Myanmar's eastern Mon state. Weeds have swallowed much of the old railway track and a modest cemetery is a lonely testament to the thousands of prisoners of war and Asian workers forced to build the railway. But the local authorities plan to reinvigorate the railway site with the aim to transform the area. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
Profiting from Imperial Japan’s ‘Death Railway’
Thanbyuzayat provides dark memories for the few surviving slave labourers who worked on the last stretch of what became known as the Death Railway,...
Migyaungkan land-grab protestors block a gate to Yangon City Hall mid-afternoon on December 12, 2014. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
Land-grab demonstrators step up protest outside Yangon City Hall
A cacophony of opposing singing and load broadcast music accompanied Migyaungkan land-grab protestors
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Myanmar U-19 qualify for football’s World Cup
Myanmar have qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time in the nation’s history after a Than Paing goal
Matthew Roebuck