Editorial
June 17, 2013
| Mizzima
EDITORIAL — When I was at school I remember a poster on the wall in my history classroom that read: “Education for women is the greatest investment...
June 13, 2013
| Mizzima
Migration is one of humanity’s oldest impulses. The first hunter-gatherers left Africa in the dim recesses of time for reasons we can only guess at...
June 4, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar has come a long way in a short time. Just a few years ago it was a pariah nation and a failed state. Today we see multinational companies...
May 31, 2013
| Mizzima
Fundamental rights that everyone should enjoy include freedom of belief and freedom of worship. In so saying, one must therefore respect another’s...
May 30, 2013
| Mizzima
US President Barack Obama’s keenness to embrace Myanmar has less to do with cuddling democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and more to do with money,...
May 30, 2013
| S.H.A.N
So the water summit held in Chiangmai, 14-22 May, is over with 9 countries (including Burma, Brunei, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam) signing a document,...
May 30, 2013
| S.H.A.N
The pilot census taking, conducted in 20 village tracts in the country’s 7 states and 7 regions on 29 March, has come and gone.
May 28, 2013
| Mizzima
As Myanmar government and Kachin leaders sit down for talks in Myitkyina, hope will be high that progress toward peace will be realized as part of...
May 27, 2013
| Mizzima
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has concluded a three-day visit to Myanmar during which time he visited the Thilawa port his country is helping to...
May 25, 2013
| Mizzima
Mizzima was born out of a democratic struggle, and has been fighting for press freedom for over 15 years. It takes an historic step forward by...
May 7, 2013
| S.H.A.N
One of the aspects of the upcoming census in 2014 that will more or less keep the non-Burman leaders’ adrenaline flowing less than a year from now is...
April 2, 2013
| Mizzima
Recent riots in Meiktila and other parts of central Myanmar once again show that the country is passing through a testing time. The stakeholders—be...
February 4, 2013
| Mizzima
As from today, Mizzima will refer to the country as “Myanmar” on its English-language website.
January 29, 2013
| Mizzima
The expressions "military crony” and “cronyism” have long been associated with Burma, much in the same way as the word “nepotism” might denote the...
August 29, 2011
| Mizzima
(Editorial) – The verdict was like a slap in the face—10 years in jail. Just when people were lulled into thinking the new Burmese government was...