Mizzima
2012-09-13
The Kachin Independence Organization [KIO] deputy commander-in-chief Major General Gun Maw has called for a second Panglong-type conference to help...
2012-09-13
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Burmese government to provide humanitarian aid...
2012-09-12
A new CSIS report has recommended that President Barrack Obama meet with both Aung San Suu Kyi and Burmese President Thein Sein when they are both in...
2012-09-12
Shan State Army (SSA) commanders say they’re frustrated with the Burmese government in trying to establish a true cease-fire.
2012-09-12
The United Nations refugee agency is “seriously concerned” over reports that China has sent back from its Yunan Province groups of Burmese nationals...
2012-09-11
Three Burmese political parties have agreed to raise objections against the coal-fired power plant in Kawthaung, Tanintharyi [Tenasserim] Region,...
2012-09-11
Twelve women demonstrators were arrested on Monday in northwestern Burma, prompting a larger demonstration calling for their release. The women were...
2012-09-11
US Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell returned from a fact-finding mission to Rakhine State in Burma this week and expressed “great concern” for the...
2012-09-10
Burmese President Thein Sein, in early April, met with the Karen National Union in Naypyitaw, where he delivered a wide ranging, informal talk,...
2012-09-10
In Burma’s recent cabinet reshuffle, Myat Myat Ohn Khin became the first woman Union minister in more than 60 years.
2012-09-10
Aung San Suu Kyi will leave for the United States on Sunday to receive the Congressional Gold Medal and to speak to various groups in Washington, D.C...
2012-09-07
The Ministry of Labour starting this month has allowed Burmese job placement agencies to legally find jobs in Malaysia for female workers.
2012-09-07
A battle is brewing between Burma’s President Thein Sein and lawmakers, who are adding protectionist changes to a draft Foreign Investment Law now in...
2012-09-07
Police stormed a copper mining site in northwestern Burma on Thursday in search of land rights activists who helped organize protests this week by 10...
2012-09-07
Burma’s nine-member Constitutional Tribunal voluntarily resigned en masse on Thursday, according to an order of the President's Office aired by state...