Mizzima
2012-06-07
The convergence of military, business and government interests aimed at displacing farmers and residents from their homes poses grave dangers for...
2012-06-07
Aung San Suu Kyi has asked Burma’s majority Buddhist population to show “sympathy” with religious and racial minorities following an outbreak of...
2012-06-07
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Wednesday after talks at her home in Rangoon. Carr, who...
2012-06-06
Burma remains the world's second largest opium poppy grower after Afghanistan, accounting for 23 per cent of opium poppy cultivation worldwide in...
2012-06-06
China says the area used to grow poppies in northern Burma increased by 41 per cent in 2011, according to satellite monitoring.
2012-06-06
Aung San Suu Kyi is the focal point of a tit-for-tat squabble in Britain’s Parliament prior to her official visit and speech to Parliament starting...
2012-06-05
The U.S. dangled the carrot of direct military ties with Burma during the regional military conference in Singapore that ended over the weekend.
2012-06-05
The Free Burma Rangers, a group that conducts humanitarian work within ethnic areas in Burma, has issued a report spotlighting the location of fresh...
2012-06-05
One of President Thein Sein’s top advisers and spokesmen has publically criticized Aung San Suu Kyi, following her appearance and remarks at the...
2012-06-05
About 50 Muslims staged a protest in front of Sunni Bengali Mosque in Rangoon on Tuesday evening, calling attention to the murder of 10 Muslims in...
2012-06-04
Aung San Suu Kyi strode through Yangon International Airport on Sunday waving to passengers, ending her six-day trip to neighboring Thailand and told...
2012-06-04
An agreement to build a new 500-megawatt gas-fired power plant has been signed by the Burmese Minister for Electric Power No-2, Khin Maung Soe, the...
2012-06-04
What’s believed to have been a clash between Buddhist and Muslims in Rakhine State in western Burma has claimed the lives of nine people, according...
2012-06-04
Burma has abandoned its primitive nuclear program and has reduced its ties with North Korea, the Burmese defence minister said on Saturday.
2012-06-02
Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said Burma needs “rule of law” more than safeguards for investors at this time in the country’s...