Mizzima
2012-05-03
U.N. officials discussed the Burma 2014 Population and Housing Census with lawmakers and members of the National Commission on Population and...
2012-05-03
Warehouses for storing rice, medicine, and drinking water are badly needed for war refugees on the Sino-Burma border, say refugee workers recently...
2012-05-03
Burma remains among the 10 most censored nations in the world despite the move from a military regime to a quasi-democratic government, according to...
2012-05-02
A series of Kachin Independence Army (KIA) bombings derailed nine railroad sleeper carriages and damaged railroad tracks over the past two days,...
2012-05-02
The United Nations will provide technical assistance and help mobilize financial support for the Burma's first census in 31 years, under an agreement...
2012-05-02
Fourteen human rights groups have called on the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to take the necessary steps to ensure the...
2012-05-02
Aung San Suu Kyi took the Burmese Parliament’s oath of office on Wednesday, marking another step in her amazing journey from political detainee to...
2012-04-30
Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday the oath dispute preventing her party from being sworn into office as members of the Burmese Parliament has been...
2012-04-30
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for foreign governments to “go even further” in removing all trade restrictions and sanctions...
2012-04-30
With the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) peace talks at an impasse, Burmese President Thein Sein will name a new peace nogotiation team...
2012-04-27
The Burmese cultural heritage sites of Bagan and Pyu will be the focus of cultural preservation in a cooperative agreement between Burma and Italy,...
2012-04-27
Leaders of 16 Burmese political parties have asked ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) Vice Chairman Shwe Mann to take the lead in...
2012-04-27
Jak Bazino, a French citizen who lived and traveled extensively in Burma from 2001 to 2005, recently published a first novel, Zawgyi, l’alchimiste de...
2012-04-26
The Burmese government has proposed two in-country locations – Myitkyina or Bahmo in Kachin State – for the fourth round of peace talks with the...
2012-04-26
Prior to arriving in Burma this weekend, U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s first stop will be a three-day visit to New Delhi starting on Thursday...