Myanmar: One year under Suu Kyi, press freedom lags behind democratic progress
June 5, 2017 11:11 AM ET
When Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her long-persecuted National League for Democracy party won elected office in November 2015, bringing an end to nearly five decades of authoritarian military rule, many local journalists saw the...
Online and in danger in Burma
June 13, 2013 12:02 AM ET
Early moves by Thein Sein to ease Internet censorship are viewed as a limited concession to press freedom, since Burma has one of the lowest Internet penetration rates in the world. Now, planned foreign investments in mobile infrastructure promise to...
As censorship wanes, cyberattacks rise in Burma
February 11, 2013 11:29 AM ET
Cyberattacks on news websites and apparent government hacking into journalists' email accounts have raised new questions about the integrity of media reforms in Burma. The New York Times reported on Sunday that several journalists who regularly cover Burma-related news...