Mizzima
2011-03-24
Due to frequent leaks, the 180-mile Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline has been undergoing repair since early March...
2011-03-24
For the remainder of the week, gales with winds of up to 70 miles per hour, tornadoes and thunderstorms are likely to hit lower Burma, according to a...
2011-03-24
Private petrol stations in Burma must now ration petrol to customers at six gallons per car a day at a fixed price, according to the Ministry of...
2011-03-23
In Burma, newspapers are often mainly useful for ordinary citizens to read the obituaries. Accordingly, when there is a chance to pick up a paper,...
2011-03-23
Social networking is coming to the farm. That’s the newest tactical tool for organizing farmers and developing a sense of community, say officials of...
2011-03-23
In early April, the junta will most likely do the nearly inconceivable and transfer power to a new parliamentary government led by president-elect...
2011-03-22
Rain lashed down at dusk on small fishing boats bobbing on a turbulent Andaman Sea as candles flickered through windows open to the elements. As I...
2011-03-22
Recently, Burmese political parties gave the EU delegation a letter, signed by 10 political parties, calling for an end to sanctions against Burma...
2011-03-22
As the Internet and social media spread news of civil unrest and demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya, the military junta in...
2011-03-22
Because they failed to file their electoral expenses in the 2010 election in time, Burma’s Union Election Commission (UEC) has disqualified 75...
2011-03-22
The United Wa State Party (UWSP) pledged to work harder to develop the Wa Region but warned that if the Burmese junta attacks its territory, it will...
2011-03-19
A 200 percent price rise has hit the Rangoon salt market as a result of unseasonably heavy rains that have damaged salt producing fields. On Thursday...
2011-03-19
The president of Mongolia, the first democratic state in Central Asia, has extended his support to Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a...
2011-03-19
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is still considering the appointment of a full-time replacement for the UN’s special envoy to Burma, his...
2011-03-19
Water festival goers at this year’s celebrations of the Burmese New Year will have to pass through bomb detection machines, in an effort to avoid a...