Mizzima
2012-03-10
Zin Mar Aung, a Burmese activist for women’s rights, received the International Women of Courage Award from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
2012-03-10
Burma Centre Delhi, in collaboration with the Journalist Forum Assam, held a program, “Interactive Session on Changing Policies in Burma:...
2012-03-10
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the Burmese government can’t get peace talks started, because they disagree on how the process should...
2012-03-08
The Burmese activist monk, Ashin Gambira, was detained by Rangoon authorities again on Tuesday, according to his brother. Gambira is a leading monk...
2012-03-08
Residents in Tanhpre Village near Burma’s Miytsone Dam project have been ordered to move to a government-constructed village within 10 days or face...
2012-03-08
The deadline for correcting voter registration rolls expired on Tuesday, but complaints over the rolls’ accuracy are still coming in.
2012-03-08
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird will be in Burma for one day on Thursday.
2012-03-07
Modern Journal’s managing editor and one reporter were granted bail on Tuesday in the first hearing of a libel lawsuit filed by a government...
2012-03-07
Representatives of the Karenni Community Based Organizations (CBOs) say they “warmly welcome and support” the current peace negotiations between the...
2012-03-07
A bill that will allow local processing, cutting and polishing of jade has been passed by the Kachin State Assembly. When enacted, lawmakers say many...
2012-03-06
Ruili, China, will be the site of the third peacemaking meeting between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the Burmese government on...
2012-03-06
Burma’s budget revenues took a big jump in 2011, with natural gas exports earning US$ 2.94 billion in the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2011-12...
2012-03-06
A constitutional issue is developing in the Burmese Parliament over the question of whether or not parliamentary committees are “union level” bodies...
2012-03-06
On her fourth straight day of campaigning, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi asked supporters on Tuesday to vote for candidates in the bastion of...
2012-03-05
Residents living near a coal-fired thermal power plant project in southernmost Burma are growing more concerned over health issues associated with...