Quick question: if you wear a yellow t-shirt as part of a political protest, where are you most likely to be arrested?
You may think it would be Thailand, where the yellow-shirted backers of the anarchic and woefully misnamed People’s Alliance for Democracy deserve to be jailed and the keys thrown away.
Ali Rustam, the chief minister of Malaysia’s small state of Malacca, is one of the most creepy, corrupt and boring politicians I have ever interviewed. Between a dead slug and Ali Rustam, I’ll take the dead slug any day.
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed something different about last week’s edition of The Myanmar Times: the biting wit of cartoonist Harn Lay.
Encounters with espionage agents are always edgy and intriguing. Aside from the thrill of a clandestine rendezvous, there is also the fact that many are rather dishy in person and often have hefty expense allowances.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been received with warmth and enthusiasm on her 17-day visit to the United States, which began on September 17. Her years of perseverance and dedication to the cause of democracy have deservingly earned such recognition.
With the resignation of the nine Constitutional Tribunal members on September 6, Myanmar has survived its first constitutional crisis.
America's interminable election campaign has spawned many quirky spin-offs and one has been a focus on the writer Ayn Rand. It began when Paul Ryan, the Republican vice-presidential contender, extolled Rand’s fiercely individualistic libertarian philosophy.
SEX, lies and videotape. It was once a famous movie, but over the past week it has turned into real life. An anti-Islamic video called the Innocence of Muslims, which makes Pussy Riot’s gig in the cathedral seem like a children’s prank, has ignited riots around the world.
Since May this year, Myanmar has witnessed an escalation in the simmering tension between two groups of people in Rakhine State.
The foreign investment law amendments have dominated debate in Myanmar in recent months.
