Thousands of women and girls are being trafficked from Myanmar to China and forced to marry, study finds Thousands of vulnerable women and girls are being trafficked from Myanmar to China and forced to marry and bear children, new research has...
Learn moreReligious freedom at risk in one of five countries: report Religious freedom is under threat in one of every five nations around the globe, in part because of an increase in "aggressive ultranationalism", a Catholic NGO said in a report...
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Imagine a Burmese pastor handcuffed and beaten and paraded through a muddy Buddhist village. His crime? Sharing the Gospel with the local people at Christmas time. Myo Chit is a friend of mine and the pastor arrested for sharing the gospel. I’m...
Learn moreState Counsellor urges religions to lead followers on right path State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday urged the country’s religious leaders to guide their followers on the right path to encourage dialogue and avoid interfaith...
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Thanksgiving is just a few days away and I was thinking about all the reasons I’m thankful for you this year. Our mission is to encourage, equip, and empower your persecuted brothers and sisters in Myanmar. In so many ways, that’s what you do for...
Learn moreAmnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of human rights award for ‘shameful betrayal of values’ in Myanmar Amnesty International has announced it is stripping Aung San Suu Kyi of a prestigious human rights award over her “shameful...
Learn moreProvisional results show stumble for NLD in by-elections The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) is set to lose at least three seats they hitherto held to opposition parties, while ethnic parties in Chin, Rakhine and Shan are expected to...
Learn moreUniting ethnic Karen armed groups 90 per cent successful Karen State Border Guard Force General Secretary Col. Saw Chit Thu said that they were about 90 per cent successful in their negotiations for reuniting ethnic Karen armed splinter...
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Early one Monday morning in 2004, our housekeeper’s husband knocked on the door and told us the night before she had suffered a heart attack. She was in the government hospital and could we please help. Their ten-year-old son stood behind him...
Learn moreGov’t Looks East to Revive Flagging Foreign Investment Looking to arrest a two-year decline in foreign investment, the government plans to hold a summit targeting investors from East Asia before the end of the year, a senior economic...
Learn moreI wrote this in 2004 when our family lived in Myanmar… Money changers are an indispensable evil in Myanmar. The official bank change rate from Myanmar kyat to American dollars is six-to-one, but with a street money changer it is...
Learn moreFirst Tourists Arrive on New Free-Visa System, 21 Western Countries to be Added As an initial phase of implementing its new tourism strategy, the tourism ministry launched a free-visa system for tourists from Japan, South Korean and China’s...
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