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Male prostitution and businesses offering the clandestine services are growing in Yangon, Myanmar, according to the Asia News Network. Apparently the use of advertising on social media for both available employment and services offered has […]
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Myanmar’s President Thein Sein recently proposed a law banning inter-faith marriage between Buddhists and Muslims (and other religions) with the stated intent of “protecting” Buddhists, reported The Bangkok Post. The proposals would also include a […]
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Property prices for the most expensive office spaces in Rangoon, Burma’s capital city, are now double those of Lower Manhattan and almost a third more than Singapore. The land shortage causing the property price hike […]
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The Burmese public is calling on lawmakers to reform the country’s tax code, which has allowed “more than half of taxpayers to avoid paying their dues,” reports The Irawaddy Magazine. Hundreds of business people gathered at […]
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Anti-Muslim propaganda is circulating throughout Burma, while police are admitting to not doing anything to cease its distribution. The propaganda comes in the form of an anti-Muslim CD, termed “969” propaganda, that calls on “Buddhists […]
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Four privately-owned daily newspapers will hit the presses in Burma Monday, after President Thein Sein lifted a restriction in December that allowed only publicly-owned papers to print daily. Thein Sein then allowed publications to apply […]
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Burma is the most recent country to join an anti-narcotics fight against drug-related crimes in the Mekong River region, CCTV.com reports. China, Thailand, Laos and now Burma will collaborate to “solve major trans-regional cases along the river […]
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After violent clashes between Buddhists and Muslims left almost a dozen people dead, authorities in a Myanmar town have put citizens under a curfew. Hundreds rioted in Meikhtila on Wednesday, damaging shops and religious structures in […]
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Just weeks after Myanmar announced it would do away with a draconian law that established a media censorship panel, the government introduced legislation that would re-create a “supervisory board” to review and censor the media. Journalists harshly […]
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Myanmar’s Lower House on Friday approved a motion to review the country’s controversial constitution. The 2008 constitution was enacted by the then military-led government, and approved through a rigged process. Democracy advocates and ethnic minority groups […]
