Mizzima
2009-10-07
The ongoing conflict between the Burmese Army and ethnic armed groups and Thailand’s energy dependence on its neighbour has significantly affected...
2009-10-06
In the wake of the announcement by the United States of its new Burma policy, Human Rights Watch on Monday urged Australia to review its policy...
2009-10-06
Solar power is being used by many people in rural areas in Burma, where electricity is not available. Shops selling solar power plates in some...
2009-10-06
Burma’s ruling military supremo Snr Gen Than Shwe, who was scheduled to pay a two-day visit to the Irrawaddy Delta, has postponed his trip to mid-...
2009-10-06
Experts from Burma and Bangladesh initiated discussions in Dhaka on Monday on expansion of bilateral trade by establishing direct banking facilities...
2009-10-05
Authorities in Thailand are expediting the process of providing information about national verification for Burmese migrants, even as governors in...
2009-10-03
A group of Burma’s ethnic political organizations in exile – the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) - has urged US Senator James Webb not to condemn...
2009-10-03
The US embassy in Rangoon has got in touch with lawyers to defend its detained citizen, Aung Kyaw Zaw, arrested on arrival in the former Burmese...
2009-10-03
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Tripartite Core Group will raise US$ 103 million for Post-Nargis Humanitarian Activities, even as it has...
2009-10-03
The divisional court in Rangoon on Friday rejected the appeal of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, upholding a lower court’s decision that...
2009-10-03
A report released this week by Washington-based advocacy group Refugees International praised Thailand for its current refugee policy, but noted the...
2009-10-01
The fall out of US-Burma relations will not be judged by the number of meetings but by the progress made in terms of human rights and democracy, and...
2009-10-01
The United States and Burma on Tuesday held their first meeting in the wake of the new US policy, even as Virginian Senator James Webb hosts a...
2009-09-30
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday denied media reports that local Burmese authorities had ordered Chinese citizens in North-eastern Shan...
2009-09-30
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), an ethnic armed group in Northern Burma, have proposed the junta to cooperate with some of its...