Mizzima
2012-02-07
The army, police and forestry department that are based in the Kyauktan Area in Rathedaung Township in Arakan State are collecting illegal toll taxes...
2012-02-07
The case of a Kachin woman who went missing after her arrest by government troops will be heard by the Burmese Supreme Court on Thursday.
2012-02-07
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday signed a partial waiver on restrictions imposed on Burma under the Trafficking Victims Protection...
2012-02-07
Phyu Phy Thin, who has worked in an HIV/AIDS shelter programme in Rangoon for 10 years, knows what it’s like to be at the bottom end of Burma’s...
2012-02-06
To mark Burma’s 65th Union Day, Shan members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) will bow to the Panglong Agreement pillar in Panglong in...
2012-02-06
A new Burmese press law to cover the print media is unlikely to be submitted to Parliament during the current session.
2012-02-06
The Burmese Election Commission on Monday formally approved Aung San Suu Kyi to run for a seat in Parliament in the April 1 by-election, a further...
2012-02-03
Establishing peace in ethnic areas will be the most difficult challenge looking ahead in Burmese politics, a high U.S. human rights official said on...
2012-02-03
Aung San Suu Kyi has postponed her second major campaign trip, this time to Mandalay, after officials said a football stadium would be closed “for...
2012-02-03
Burma owes more than US$ 11 billion in foreign debt in loans that were made prior to 1988, its finance minister told Parliament this week.
2012-02-02
The number of Burmese refugees arriving in Yunnan Province in China increased dramatically in January, according to relief workers in camps. As the...
2012-02-01
Aung San Suu Kyi observed poverty alleviation programs on Tuesday in Myaing Township in the Magway Region.
2012-02-01
Burma has the potential to become Southeast Asia’s No. 1 rice exporter, a position it has held in the past.
2012-02-01
Burmese President Thein Sein signed an economic agreement with Singapore on Monday to receive advice in financial management, monetary policy and...
2012-01-31
The new media law bill to be introduced in the Burmese Parliament in February will introduce major changes to Burma’s media landscape, said an...