Mizzima
2011-03-18
Members of Burma’s opposition criticised FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the organization’s general secretary Jerome Valcke for visiting Burma this...
2011-03-18
Soe Lwin is a slightly nervous, neatly dressed Burmese refugee waiting in the Thai border town of Mae Sot for a better life. There is nothing unusual...
2011-03-18
After two days of fighting and a massive bombardment, Burmese troops seized the Nam Lao base of the Shan State Army – North (SSA-N) on Wednesday...
2011-03-18
According to MPs attending the Burmese Parliament sessions in Naypyidaw, both houses will recess on Friday and resume on Monday. Lower House MP Tin...
2011-03-18
A new daily newspaper, called Myawaddy, likely to be another of the junta’s mouthpieces, will be launched on March 27, which marks the 66th Armed...
2011-03-18
At the fourth hearing of the Kamaryut Township Court in Rangoon on Thursday, the detained Australian co-owner of the Myanmar Times, Ross Dunkley, was...
2011-03-17
How likely is another nationwide uprising like the 8888 People’s Movement? Mizzima interviewed three pro-democracy leaders: National League for...
2011-03-17
Two more clashes between Burmese government troops and the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) took place in northern Burma on Tuesday, according to local...
2011-03-17
A National Democratic Force (NDF) member of the Burmese Parliament opposed a motion by a MP in his own party on Tuesday to extend free education to...
2011-03-17
The National Democratic Force (NDF) leader Khin Maung Swe said that the European Union (EU) will decide in April whether to modify or lift sanctions...
2011-03-17
The Burmese Telecommunication and Communication Ministry has issued a directive banning the use of the Internet for ‘voice over Internet protocol’ (...
2011-03-17
Kyauk Win Kwan, the vice chairman of the United Wa State Party (UWSP), told a party conference that the Wa army can successfully resist the Burmese...
2011-03-17
Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) President Sepp Blatter told a press conference in Rangoon on Tuesday that FIFA would provide...
2011-03-15
About 500 Burmese regime soldiers have been dispatched to the Putao area in northern Kachin State as reinforcements, according to local residents...
2011-03-15
Thailand’s policy of not allowing refugees to travel outside their camps along the Thai-Burmese border makes it difficult for refugees to support...