11 May 2015
U Win Myint had little to celebrate during the Thingyan Water Festival. To accommodate...
Women from central Myanmar who fled the fighting in Kokang region in Shan State are seen in a Buddhist monastery in Lashio city in late February. Photo: Henry Htun
02 May 2015
As hundreds of internally displaced people of Myanmar’s Kokang...
The Yangon government's hiring young men to break up a protest in Yangon has raised questions as to whether the authorities are returning to the dark days of the former military junta. Photo: Mizzima
07 April 2015
“If you take the mask off, it is still a military regime underneath.” That was the...
Police arrest students and other protestors in Letpadan. Photo: Thet Ko
01 April 2015
“I am safe,” said the long-awaited message that ended days of anxiety about the...
The New York Times has had success at encouraging digital subscriptions. Photo: OneSevenOne
27 March 2015
Compare the lunchtime scenes in a typical Yangon tea shop and a Starbucks in New York....
SEDN project manager Myo Myint Myat Htun (MyMy), seen here on the right with her group. 
21 March 2015
Deep-seated patriarchy and years of military rule have kept Myanmar society from the rest...
Photo: EPA
16 March 2015
Western embassies in Myanmar have outlined a comprehensive package of support aimed at...
13 March 2015
Fishers and farmers have been trying for some time to block the proposed Don Sahong Dam...
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft on a test flight. Photo: Solar Impulse Project
12 March 2015
Mission impossible. That is what the Swiss inventors and pilots Betrand Piccard and Andre...
Photo: Hong Sar
10 March 2015
Ma Thazin Soe has worked in a garment factory in Yangon's northern Mayangone Township for...
Ma Thu Ta Sen at the Young Generations’ Note office in Mae Sot. 
10 March 2015
It was difficult to arrange a meeting with Ma Thu Ta Sen, the manager of Young...
09 March 2015
Men and women may not always be on the same footing but you would think both sexes would...

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