News Myanmar Social: Wanted Myanmar firebrand abbot summoned by Buddhist council
An ultra-nationalist monk dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his anti-Muslim vitriol said Wednesday he was not afraid of arrest as police pursued him on charges of stirring up unrest. Wirathu has long been the face of the country's hardline Buddhist movement, notorious for espousing hate
News Myanmar Social: MPT launches social media contest for The Voice Myanmar fans
FREE WEBINAR - Insights on the latest developments on international video markets, assessing the impact on both the OTT services segment and the traditional pay-TV market going from B2B to B2C. June ...
News Myanmar Social: Why action against Myanmar's radical monk is unlikely
Though Myanmar has an elected government ... Ma Ba Tha is viewed by many as a broad-based social and religious movement dedicated to the protection and promotion of Buddhism at a time of ...
News Myanmar Social: Caritas Myanmar: although few, Catholics bear witness to the love of Christ
Catholics number 750,000 Catholics, or just over 1 per cent of the Myanmar population. The social and humanitarian arm of the Church was set up in 2001 and can count on 725 volunteers involved in education, emergencies, health, social protection and livelihood. Crises in the states of Kachin and Rakhine require different approaches.
News Myanmar Social: Biman Airlines plane skids off runway in Myanmar; 4 injured
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A plane operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines ... Photos of the plane posted on social media showed it lying partly on the wet runway and partly on the grass. Its fuselage ...
News Myanmar Social: China, Myanmar, Met Gala: Your Wednesday Briefing
Myanmar released two prizewinning Reuters journalists who had ... “Game of Thrones”: After an out-of-place coffee cup was spotted in the show’s recent episode and turned into social media fodder, HBO ...
News Myanmar Social: Free at Last: Joy and Applause as Reuters Reporters Are Released From Myanmar Prison
Their case captured global attention and heaped international pressure upon the Myanmar government, led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Thousands signed an online petition, changed their social ...
