Mizzima
2011-12-13
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Seventy million kyat (about US $88,600) was handed over to Kachin State Chief Minister Lajun Ngun Sai on Monday, a personal...
2011-12-13
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Burma’s state-run TV has announced that the government and the Kalo Htoo Baw, a small breakaway faction of the Democratic Karen...
2011-12-12
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burmese President Thein Sein on Saturday gave written instructions to the commander-in-chief of the Defence Services to stop...
2011-12-12
Bali, Indonesia (Mizzima) – The Indonesian government has been engaging with Naypyitaw and feels positive about the changes taking place in Burma.
2011-12-12
The Burmese deputy foreign minister Maung Myint tells Mizzima that human rights and press freedom are essential to democracy and the National Human...
2011-12-09
New Delhi (Mizzima) – An application to form a trade union in a Bago textile, garment and leather factory has been rejected by Burmese authorities.
2011-12-09
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Refugees living in the Nayapara and Kutupalong refugee camps and the huge number of undocumented Burmese nationals living in...
2011-12-09
(Commentary) – Knowing that sanctions without engagement are not effective or doomed to failure, the Obama administration adopted conditional...
2011-12-08
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Kaladan Multi-Modal Project in Arakan and Chin state has not attracted much media coverage and some residents are worried...
2011-12-08
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Two Indian journalists have gone missing in Burma, according to the Journalists’ Forum of Assam (JFA), which has asked Indian...
2011-12-07
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Two political parties: the Union of Myanmar Federation of National Politics and 88 Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar...
2011-12-07
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The 10-party coalition, The Friends of Democracy group, has asked the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) to...
2011-12-06
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A peace committee will meet in Rangoon on Saturday to seek solutions to armed clashes in ethnic areas, particularly Kachin...
2011-12-06
New Delhi (Mizzima) – A group led by an independent electoral candidate has applied to stage a demonstration under Burma’s newly enacted right to...
2011-12-02
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A major step forward for Burmese society will take place when President Thein Sein signs the bill approved by both houses of...