Considering the violent political unrest in various parts of the world, many accept the claim that the 21st century will go down in history as a period of global reorder, perpetual insecurity and bloodshed. If the grim headlines of the first decade could be taken as forecasts of the storms ahead, ma...

GENÈVE, 23 mai (HCR) – Le HCR a lancé vendredi un appel au financement des opérations humanitaires d'aide aux réfugiés arrivant en nombre croissant à l'est du Cameroun depuis la République centrafricaine. Parmi les nouveaux arrivants, beaucoup souffrent de malnutrition et de maladies, après avoir ma...

MAE SARIANG, Thailand — Some 10,000 community workers in nine refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border will be affected by financial cuts as funding declines, according to sources from the refugee community and aid agencies. The cuts were announced at a meeting held by the international humanitaria...

THE Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population is planning to turn out around 5,000 skilled workers through trainings that will enhance their technical capability required to work, according to the Myawady Daily. U Aung Htay, deputy director-general of the ministry, said that arrangements are...

As with most deadlines and dates this election season, the start of the official candidate campaign period is rolling by today only partially heeded. Political parties had to miss scheduled campaign kick-off events – and the unveiling of campaign songs and slogans – because the candidate scrutiny pr...

President U Thein Sein appears to have delayed indefinitely a meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the transfer of power to a new government following her party’s landslide election victory. A representative of the president says talks with the National League for Democracy leader will not h...

The regional budget for Kayin State was announced at the Karen State Budget Transparency Forum as part of a series of efforts by sub-regional governments to provide transparency to its citizens, with support from The Asia Foundation (TAF). Held on October 11 in Hpa-An, attendees included represen...

Myanmar still collects the least amount of tax against GDP in ASEAN. As the tax to GDP ratio for Myanmar is lower than that of its regional peers, successive governments have prioritised more efficient tax collection. Efforts to reform tax collection began in 2012 under former president U Th...

Over 60,000 refugees have returned this year from across the region as tensions ease in Burundi, although more aid is urgently needed to help them pick up their lives and start over. Safia Nduwimana fled violence in Burundi two years ago. It has been three weeks since she returned home, and she has ...