The Ministry of Education has responded to criticisms on social media that new civic education textbooks have included the four great religions – Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Hinduism – by denying it is responsible for the curriculum. “The texts books are not from our departments. We can onl...

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...

The Karen National Union says recent clashes in Tanintharyi Region between its armed wing and Tatmadaw units will not affect the peace talks between armed ethnic groups and the government on a national ceasefire agreement. A Karen National Liberation Army fighter was killed and another injured in...

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 ...

PYTHIO VILLAGE, Greece – As dawn breaks over Greece’s north-eastern Evros region, a group of three families with adults and children tramp through Pythio and Thourio, small villages on a country backroad. “We’ve been travelling for three days directly from Kobani,” [on the Syrian border with Turk...