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Marriage laws spark rights fears
Spectrum, Published on 18/05/2014
» On the main roundabout in the centre of Yangon, three houses of religious worship sit next to each other: a pagoda, a church and a mosque. But this cosy picture of religious tolerance is deceiving.
The murky case of a missing activist
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/05/2014
» The finger of suspicion is firmly pointed at Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn over the disappearance of Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen two weeks ago deep in the forest, but surprisingly those closest to the activist appear not to share those suspicions.
Muzzle slips back over Myanmar press
Spectrum, Published on 04/05/2014
» Intimidation and arrests of journalists in the past few months are indicative of a decline in recently regained press freedoms, tainting the image of Myanmar’s reform process in the run-up to next year’s elections.
Wild elephants on the edge of existence
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 13/04/2014
» ‘Stop the truck and turn the lights off now!” shouted 57-year-old Somporn Mee-im to his colleague, Mai, driving the pickup.
The kingdom of the north
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/03/2014
» ‘You are Thai, but I never considered myself Thai to begin with. I am proud of my Mueang identity and there is nothing that can change that.”
A complex peace
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 02/02/2014
» Despite recent reforms, working in Myanmar for international non-government organisations (NGOs) is difficult. Most NGOs are concentrated in the country's urban areas, kept well away from the ethnic regions where health, education and food security is desperately needed. Like in most countries, NGOs are supposed to work in Myanmar with government agreement. This requires either a memorandum of understanding or letter of agreement with the government.
Struggling to unearth a grain of truth
Spectrum, Piyaporn Wongruang, Published on 02/02/2014
» The government's rice-pledging scheme, long plagued by claims of mismanagement and corruption, is facing increasing scrutiny as the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) probes into caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's involvement.
Change of a generation
Spectrum, Published on 26/01/2014
» At the relatively young age of 25, it is difficult to comprehend that Thammasat University master's degree student Weeranat ''Klot'' Wattanapruek is a six-year veteran of campaigns against what he and like-minded people brand the ''Thaksin regime''.
When friends show their true colours
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 29/12/2013
» After seven years of living together, Ying suddenly feels as though she doesn't know her boyfriend. The polite and quiet guy she loved attended one political rally and seemed to change overnight, posting angry and expletive-strewn comments on Facebook _ even on her page under a different name. Since they fought over politics, they haven't spoken for two weeks.
Open slaughter of elephants
Spectrum, Published on 24/11/2013
» Ninety-three kilometres along the newly built Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway, Myint Wai stepped into the jungle where he recently discovered the carcasses of several dead elephants. Making his way deeper into the woods of the Bago mountain range, he spoke to Spectrum about the hunters who killed the animals to trade their skins and valuable tusks.