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October 16, 2010
‘Where have you gone, Panglong Agreement?’ The lyrics echo in the minds of Sai Mong and a group of his friends....
October 13, 2010
Burma’s ethnic Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), declared war against drugs in a statement released October 5 in the country’s north,.....
October 13, 2010
Ethnic ceasefire groups in the north of Burma have agreed to a common strategy in the face of any concerted Burmese Army offensives,...
October 11, 2010
Burma’s people hope Aung San Suu Kyi will be released on the 13th of November, as announced by the ruling military government,....
September 23, 2010
Burmese Rohingya refugees say they are not willing to go back home to participate in the November 7th elections.....
September 20, 2010
The Burmese military regime is going to great lengths to ensure its proxy civilian party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party.....
September 20, 2010
When voters in Shan State’s 55 electorates go to the polls on November 7th they will have 12 political parties....
September 20, 2010
The 2008 constitution bars many groups from taking part in the national elections planned for November 7th.....
September 4, 2010
The passport office in Rangoon, the former capital of Burma, is full of people waiting to process documents and many residents....
August 10, 2010
The human rights of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have to be protected in a sympathetic manner until problems....
August 5, 2010
He leans back in his chair with a book on his lap and lights a cigarette; his crossed leg starts to jiggle. He is a tall man....
August 5, 2010
The high yielding variety of tea (HYV), known as BT-2, is being cultivated for the first time in vast areas of the Bandarban....
August 3, 2010
There are just over 80 days for approved political parties to contest the upcoming election according to the Junta’s unofficial announcement that the...
July 26, 2010
Burma’s military junta is enjoying being a media celebrity in the build-up to elections it previously announced would be held at the end of this year...
July 2, 2010
Young Thu Zin Oo made his daily trip across the Pun Hlaing River from his village in North Okkalapa Township to the Sinmalite dock in Rangoon...

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