Members of the national parliament are increasingly making use of the powers afforded them in Myanmar’s new political system: not only are they questioning ministers on a wide variety of topics, but they are also enacting new legislation and revising existing laws.
It has been said that the definition of frenzy is a group of women working in a fishprocessing plant.
Religious leader Sitagu Sayadaw on why he condemns social unrest in Myanmar.
Roger Mitton on the re-election of Sukhumbhand Paribatra as governor of Bangkok.
It has been pleasing to see gradual, rather than drastic, changes taking place in Myanmar’s political, social and economic spheres over the past two years.
'If you can afford private healthcare, what do you really have to complain about?'
Hsipaw's representative in the Hluttaw, Ye Tun, on the case for constitutional change.
Myanmar’s beautiful script confuses the nation’s children and foreigners who try to learn it.
The peace process underway in Myanmar is the best opportunity in many decades to address the social, economic and political issues that have long structured state-society and armed conflict.
As I write this, sitting in my Malate hotel, highly excitable Filipinos are scurrying about on the streets below talking about an invasion of their Malaysian neighbours.
