The Karen Department of Health and Welfare continues to push the Burma government to recognize its community health workers and to extend its health service. In its recent meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on 30 September, the Karen Department of Health and Welfare discussed with Dr. Thein Thein Htay, the d...

With so many supporters soon to be in high places, the Former Political Prisoner Society has high expectations of the incoming National League for Democracy government. About 100 of the MPs preparing to take their seats on February 1, including NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, served time as prisone...

YANGON: An unfavorable environment, lack of entrepreneurial culture and no capital – these are the main problems that budding entrepreneurs face in Myanmar. But as the country continues to open up, the Young Myanmar Entrepreneurs Association expects to see more people starting their own businesses. ...

Marches and a candlelight vigil have been held to mark 500 days since the girls were abducted from Chibok. More than 200 youngsters are missing, amid fears they've been married off and sold into prostitution. Bring Back Our Girls march in Chibok Relatives of the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls...