Sandar Lwin
The Myanmar Times
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Academics hope to enter into the fold
Academics have long been separated in Myanmar from the world of politics but, with a new government soon to take office, hopes are being raised that they will take on a recognised role as advisers through recently established think tanks. → Read More
Permanent secretaries prepped for change of guard
Civil service chiefs, themselves barely a year in the job, are getting ready to meet their new bosses. The permanent secretaries have been preparing for a changing of the guard since last November’s elections resulted in a landslide for the National League for Democracy. → Read More
YMBA eyes reboot with new admin
With the election of a new central executive committee, supporters of the Young Men’s Buddhist Association are hoping that the venerable but troubled organisation will be able to make a new start. → Read More
Lawyers struggle to assert independence
It's time to set lawyers free and establish the rule of law in Myanmar, a newly formed organisation of lawyers says. The Independent Lawyers’ Association of Myanmar wants to end government control over the legal profession as a first step toward rooting out the corruption and subservience many associate with the profession. → Read More
Independent bar association aims to usher in new era
Myanmar's legal profession is aiming to come clean. Lawyers have launched the industry’s first independent, national bar association in Myanmar with the help of a London-based human rights training group and the rule of law committee. → Read More
Lawyers vow greater independence for new bar association
Personal backing from the leader of the incoming government could help advance the aims of Myanmar’s first national bar association, say its organisers. → Read More
Porous borders greet Chinese investors and visitors in Laukkai
Despite the well-equipped four-storey immigration office on the Chinese side of the border at Yangon Lone Kyine, 20 minutes’ drive from Laukkai town, Chinese visitors seem to have no difficulty at all in entering Myanmar. → Read More
Laukkai casinos thrive under military
Despite being illegal, thousands of gaming tables remained open under martial law – without a single kyat being collected in tax. → Read More
After nine months, civilian rule to resume in Kokang
Local residents say they have not heard reports of fighting in recent days but also disputed the news that martial law has been lifted, citing the continued enforcement of an 8pm curfew in the main town of Laukkai. → Read More