Veteran journalist U Thiha Saw Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
30 March 2015
Veteran journalist U Thiha Saw, is a member of Myanmar’s Press Council (Interim) and is...
Journalists gather during a demonstration to mark “International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists” in Yangon on November 2, 2014. Photo: Mizzima
28 March 2015
Beaten by batons, locked up, threatened with lengthy prison sentences: how is a...
The scenes in Letpadan and Yangon recetly of police brutality against unarmed though agitated student protesters appeared to be a throwback to the dark days of repressive military rule. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
26 March 2015
Is this the Myanmar regime of old? The scenes in Letpadan and Yangon last week of police...
A man uses a mobile phone at a tea shop in Yangon, Myanmar, June 27, 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
20 March 2015
It is easy to be cynical about mobile phone companies. Their raison d’etre is to make...
Myanmar generals in a line up for Union Day, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA 
17 March 2015
At the Defence Services Museum in Nay Pyi Taw there are cabinets devoted to the peace-...
17 March 2015
Relations between Myanmar and China have been strained by the fighting that erupted in...
15 March 2015
Dear Friend, Since I last wrote to you, protests by students, workers and other groups...
12 March 2015
Facebook is supposed to bring people together. But it can be divisive and problematic. We...
A worker hangs a large Chinese national flag covering a local government building to celebrate the upcoming National Day in downtown Qingdao city, eastern China's Shandong province, September 30, 2011. Photo: Wun Hong/EPA
05 March 2015
Myanmar’s relationship with China has always been uneasy. After Chairman Mao assumed...
Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
02 March 2015
In the old days it wasn’t easy to get to know Myanmar government officials. The system...
28 February 2015
Dear Friend, I write to you today from Mizzima’s new headquarters on Pazungtaung Street...
Soe Myint in Mizzima's Yangon office. Photo: Hong Sar
26 February 2015
Last week two seemingly unrelated events attracted the attention of this writer. The...

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