Mizzima
2012-01-05
For the past three months, Karen National Union officials have blocked construction on a road linking the Dawei Development Project to Thailand,...
2012-01-05
In recent months, prime ministers and high-level leaders from around the world have met with Aung San Suu Kyi, but she met her first billionaire,...
2012-01-05
British Foreign Minister William Hague arrived in Burma on Thursday to urge more democratic reforms in meetings with top government leaders in...
2012-01-04
Aung San Suu Kyi has yet to officially announce what parliamentary constituency she will contest, but voters now know they will be casting their...
2012-01-04
A total of 1,400 prisoners including 33 political prisoners were released from Burmese prisons across the country under a presidential commutation...
2012-01-04
The chairman and members of Burma’s National Human Rights Commission visited Insein Prison, the Hlay-Hlaw-Inn Yebet Prison Labour Camp and Myitkyina...
2012-01-04
Burmese President Thein Sein announced a reduction in prisoners’ sentences on Monday to coincide with the country’s 64th Independence Day. A newly...
2012-01-04
One of the most compelling appeals for the release of Burma’s remaining political prisoners comes from a little girl whose parents are serving...
2011-12-30
(Commentary) – The way the political game was played in 2011 will have a huge impact in 2012 Burma politics. 2011 was the year Burma took on a new...
2011-12-30
( Mizzima ) – As 2011 comes to an end, 11 Burmese journalists and writers still languish in prison for trying to exercise basic human rights.
2011-12-29
Mizzima News – Burma is No. 10 on a list of wars in 2012, according to the International Crisis Groups (ICC ), an NGO that seeks to prevent and...
2011-12-29
Mizzima News – Up to 23 people died and more than 70 people were injured in a huge explosion in a state-owned chemical storage warehouse in Mingalar...
2011-12-29
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Netalegawa ended wide-ranging discussions with top Burmese officials and visited with Aung San...
2011-12-28
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Burmese government’s peace team discussed follow-through agreements with the National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern...
2011-12-28
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Japan and Burma have agreed to start negotiations to restart economic development aid.