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October 12, 2012
| KIC
Since the beginning of October the Burma military has started a major crack down on motorbike smugglers crossing over from Thailand.
October 4, 2012
| Mizzima
As Golden Triangle drug boss Naw Kham awaits sentencing in China, his family says his former friends have abandoned him. The once powerful gang...
October 4, 2012
| Mizzima
In a sign of high-end travelers’ interest in touring Burma, a second Orient-Express Hotel river vessel will be launched to cruise the Irawaddy River.
August 16, 2012
| Mizzima
After one decade, Burmese sea turtles can no longer can be found in many turtle sanctuaries in Irrawaddy Region, according to researchers.
July 11, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma has the world’s largest sanctuary for endangered tigers, but experts are warning its population is dangerously threatened by poachers and...
July 2, 2012
| KIC
Burma’s 60 years of ongoing civil war – the world’s longest – has driven what was once a wealthy regional power into one of the poorest countries in...
March 29, 2012
| Marm Sart Khaing
Until today, political parties, which won in the 1990 general elections, and ethnic armed groups have criticized the 2008 constitution as hardly...
March 27, 2012
| Zaw Gyi
The weather is still cool in Lashio city, northern Shan State, and morning fog shrouds the 2,500 year-old Buddhist temple perched on a hill...
March 27, 2012
| Nay Myo
Over 1,000 eligible voters in Palae constituency, in Sittkaing Region, are not included in the voter list for Sunday’s by-election, the NLD's office...
March 23, 2012
| Kyaw Hla
Thirty year-old Ahmed (not his real name), is a Rohingya refugee. He and other refugees fled to Malaysia by the dangerous sea route frequented by...
March 22, 2012
| Phophta
Welcome soft breezes cool the night air as small waves lap the sands near Maung-Ma-Kan Beach, at Dawei, on the Adaman Sea, in the Taninthari region...
February 7, 2012
| Kyaw Hla
Kamal (not his real name) lives in the town of Maungdaw, in north-western Arakan State, western Burma. The 40-year-old Rohingya struggles daily to...
January 10, 2012
| Kaladan
A 45-year old patient named Abdul Hamid from Buthidaung has been suffering from pain in his stomach for over one year. He has been receiving...
January 9, 2012
| Kaladan
Hussain (not his real name), 50, lives in Bogri Chang village-tract, Buthidaung, in Arakan State, western Burma. He and other Rohingya have been...
December 26, 2011
| Ba Htoo Lay (Theyet Chaung)
A group of students are walking on a hill under the fog of morning. They are on their way to school, which is located in the Ban Don Yan Refugee Camp...