Myanmar reporter files in-depth report amid chest-high flood waters
Remember this guy? During the terrible July/August floods, one reporter for the Democratic Voice of Burma went to extreme lengths to do his job.
Man without a constituency: The bizarre election campaign for Myanmar’s Coco Islands
The opposition National League for Democracy dominated November’s elections in almost all parts of the country bar one – the remote Coco Islands. The islands are so far away that the NLD candidate nearly didn’t even make it there.
Cameras to catch canoodling couples at Inya Lake
In a nightmarish statement, officials said they wanted to record footage of young people at the popular date spot and send it to their parents.
Myanmar state media is really, really into Breastfeeding Week
State-backed newspapers did a lot of odd things in 2015. This one was somewhat surprising: for four straight days, The Global New Light of Myanmar published a poem about breastfeeding. One of them re-enacted the act of birth from the baby’s point-of-view.
Myanmar writer who penned bold penis poem has been arrested
This was the offending verse:
On my manhood rests a tattooed
portrait of Mr. President
My beloved found that out after
we wed
She was utterly gutted,
Inconsolable.
Women are ‘fucking useless’, says head of political party with lots of female candidates
Nan Khin Htwe Myint, a central committee member, gave the explanation that women are too busy cooking and “changing the flowers for Buddha” to be in politics.
Gay people are ‘useless’ and ‘fake’ says Myanmar lawmaker
A favorite insult among the ignorant, apparently. When Hla Swe, who made the comments, was contacted by Coconuts Yangon, he told our reporter: “You seem to be gay, if you want to protect gays.”
Myanmar Times apologizes for featuring ‘Vagina Snack’ food article
The best/worst newspaper correction of the year.
Here’s one Myanmar fat cat not blacklisted by the United States
It wouldn’t be a listicle without a cat. This one’s called Charcoal and he weighs 45 pounds.
