NASA Capsule Buzzes Moon, Last Big Step Before Lunar Orbit
NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the back side and passing within 80 miles (128 kilometers) on its way to a record-breaking lunar orbit. The close approach occurred as the crew capsule and its three test dummies were on the far side of the moon. Because of […]
Vietnam ranked world’s fifth worst country for internet freedom
Vietnam is among the worst countries for respecting internet freedom, according to a study by Freedom House, a New York-based non-profit organization funded mainly by the U.S. government. On Oct. 18 it published its ‘Freedom on the Net 2022’ report which surveyed internet standards in 70 countries. Vietnam scored 22 […]
Amnesty for North Koreans who leak government propaganda to South Korea
North Korea is offering amnesty to citizens who have sold propaganda lecture publications to buyers in South Korea, but only if they turn themselves in by the end of the month, sources in the country told RFA. Citizens in North Korea are frequently made to attend lectures either at their […]
Facebook contributed to abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya: Amnesty International
Facebook owner Meta’s use of algorithms to promote user engagement and increase ad revenue contributed to anti-Rohingya sentiment in Myanmar ahead of a brutal military campaign against the ethnic group in 2017, rights group Amnesty International said Thursday. In a new report entitled, “The Social Atrocity: Meta and the right […]
Targeted sanctions on arms sales key to ending violence in Myanmar: observers
Myanmar’s junta is using weapons purchased from abroad to commit “war crimes” against its people and must be targeted with new sanctions to end violence in the country, former military officers and political observers said Monday. On Friday, the United Nations human rights office in Geneva said in a report […]
Over 132,000 Students Passed University Entrance Exam In Myanmar
YANGON-Myanmar’s Ministry of Education announced yesterday that, 132,077 students passed their high school graduation exam for the 2021-2022 academic year.The country’s matriculation exam pass rate this year was 46.88 percent, up by 14.82 percentage po…
For Myanmar’s youth, college becomes another casualty of country’s turmoil
Security concerns led to a dramatic decline in the number of students who registered for the first university entrance exams in Myanmar since the military coup, sources said Thursday, citing ongoing unrest and armed conflict in the Southeast Asian nati…