#Myanmar

An independent and free judiciary and a free press are both indispensable to a democratic society. An independent judiciary serves as a shield or protector of journalists from powerful individuals or sectors that threaten their freedoms. Conversely...

The threat of hate speech online and the safety of journalists working in conflict-affected areas were at the centre of the debate at a recent roundtable discussion organized by UNESCO in Mandalay. The dialogue, which was attended by media owners...

“Everywhere one looked the same terrific landscape met the eye; the whole horizon was prickly with peaks like some celestial city of towers and spires, over which frothed the grey monsoon clouds.” Frank Kingdon-Ward’s description of the Hkakaborazi area...

The more than 100 factories in Myanmar’s Hlaing Thar Yar Township draw migrant workers from across the country and the township’s location between Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions make it a popular temporary home for mobile families looking for work. While...

The ‘Safeguarding the Documentary Heritage of Myanmar through the UNESCO Memory of the World (MOW) Programme’ project has begun with a high level coordination meeting in Yangon on the 25th of November 2016. The meeting brought together representatives from...