Mizzima
2012-08-20
The Burmese government lifted censorship for all print publications on Monday, according to an announcement on the government’s Press Scrutiny and...
2012-08-17
The latest UN situation report for Rakhine State says that of the over 100,000 people affected at the beginning of the crisis in June, many have...
2012-08-17
The World Bank has posted a summary of an “Interim Strategy Note for Burma (ISN) ” on its website, which is an outline of the bank’s plans and...
2012-08-17
Five detained local NGO staff members of an international aid organization were freed on Thursday in Rakhine State in Burma, while others still...
2012-08-16
Eight large American companies are lining up to enter the Burmese market, official media reported on Wednesday.
2012-08-16
After one decade, Burmese sea turtles can no longer can be found in many turtle sanctuaries in Irrawaddy Region, according to researchers.
2012-08-16
The Islamic summit meeting has decided to take the issue of Muslim Rohingyas in Burma to the United Nations, it said in a statement.
2012-08-15
A dispute between the Burmese government’s Constitutional Tribunal and Lower House MPs has led Speaker Shwe Mann to say on Tuesday he will ask for...
2012-08-15
Burma’s President Thein Sein has proposed opening schools to improve the education of minority Rohingya Muslim children.
2012-08-15
The Burmese Parliament on Wednesday appointed Vice Admiral Nyan Tun, the Navy commander-in-chief, as one of the country’s two vice presidents...
2012-08-14
Burma has signed an agreement to conduct a study to build a natural gas-fired and combined cycle 100-megawatt power plant in Ahlone Township in...
2012-08-14
In the past five days, at least 13 people have been killed and seven injured in Kyauktaw, in Burma’s western Rakhine State.
2012-08-14
Twenty-four Burmese political parties say UN special rapporteur on human rights Tomas Quintana is biased in reporting on Burma’s ethnic conflicts and...
2012-08-14
During a Union-level peacemaking committee meeting in Naypyitaw on Sunday, Vice President Sai Mauk Kham said signing cease-fire deals with ethnic...
2012-08-13
As Burma is pressured to address the simmering Rhoingya issue and long-term ethnic peace, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President...