Social development
Zika national guidelines planned in Myanmar
Health officials are drawing up plans to help protect Myanmar against the Zika virus. Dr Soe Lwin Nyein, director general of the department of public health, said earlier this week that nationwide guidelines would be issued soon. A symposium on Zika virus infection held at the ...
RCSS faces landmine claims
Ethnic Palaung civilians fleeing fighting in Namkham township have accused forces of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) of laying landmines around their village and looting their homes. IDPs from Law Naw spoke to The Myanmar Times in a makeshift camp set up about 10 ...
Care centre gives elderly folk a break
As Thailand becomes an ageing society, one of the most critical issues is how frail elderly folk can be taken care of when their children have to go out to make a living. Some have to ask their relatives to take care of their ageing family ...
Unofficial Hlaing Tharyar renters fear looming eviction
Over 200 residents of Shwelinban ward on the industrial outer ring of Yangon fear they will imminently be swept from their homes and driven from the area. They believe eviction is inevitable, after a similar neighbourhood in Mingalardon township was forcibly dismantled on 26 January. Last month, ...
Rice course to build up agriculture expertise
Myanmar is to develop a corps of rice experts, specialists who will be tasked with making the most of what may be the country’s single most important product. Yezin Agricultural University, the only university producing agriculturalists, is preparing to expand its courses by introducing a specialisation ...
UN: Thousands displaced by rebel fighting in Myanmar
At least 3,000 people have fled their homes in northern Myanmar following clashes between two ethnic rebel groups, the United Nations said on 16 February, raising fears the government’s fragile peace efforts could be fracturing. Heavy fighting in the northern state of Shan broke out last ...
Tycoon Sok Bun to serve 10 months
Sok Bun, the real estate tycoon whose savage beating of TV personality Ek Socheata was caught on camera in July, was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday, with all but 10 months of that suspended. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Sor Lina also ordered the ...
Families displaced by dam get new houses
Some 14 families of 85 people who recently moved to make way for the construction of the Don Sahong hydropower project in Champassak province have received new houses. The houses were handed over on 15 February in Don Sahong village, Khong district, in the presence of provincial ...
Children of Vietnamese expats in Laos receive scholarships
Sixty-two scholarships were awarded on 15 February to children of Vietnamese expats living in Laos who wish to study in Vietnam, taking the total number of such grants this year to a record 92, according to newswire VietnamPlus. The scholarships are jointly sponsored by the Vietnamese Embassy ...
ANZ still owes villagers over sugar loan: Oxfam
Australian banking giant ANZ has come under fire for its response to a scandal over its financing of a sugar plantation previously linked to forced evictions and child labour in Kampong Speu province. Titled Still Banking on Land Grabs, Oxfam’s Australia branch released a report on ...
