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2009-09-30
In what appears to be the first step of engagement, US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on Tuesday met Burmese delegates led by Minister of...
2009-09-29
Fighting largely came to an end in Karen State’s central Hlaing Bwe Township three months ago, but villagers who fled to Thailand in June to avoid...
2009-09-29
The Refugee International on Monday hailed the United States for including an increase in humanitarian assistance to the Burmese people in its new...
2009-09-29
The United States on Monday said it will directly engage with Burma’s military regime but will continue maintaining existing sanctions, and also...
2009-09-29
Burmese activists in New York on Monday threw shoes at visiting Foreign Minister Nyan Win, an act of opposition against his representation of the...
2009-09-29
In a much anticipated speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly, Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein delivered a short address largely...
2009-09-28
The Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein, currently in New York to attend the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations, will meet US Senator James...
2009-09-28
Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she needs to talk to representatives of the United States, the European Union and...
2009-09-25
The National Unity Party (NUP) will contest the 2010 election with new blood rather than elders, party Joint Secretary Khin Maung Gyi said at a press...
2009-09-25
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has urged the international community to mount pressure on Burma’s ruling junta to allow the International...
2009-09-25
The surprise announcement to issue new 5,000 Kyat notes on Thursday by the military rulers, signals a serious erosion of the Kyat through inflation,...
2009-09-25
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an ethnic armed rebel group in Burma, has rubbished media-reports that it is helping a Northeast Indian rebel...
2009-09-25
Delhi- Ko Khaing rises early every morning to go to his job feeding ducks, so he can support his family. But, the twenty-three year old would rather...
2009-09-25
United States Senator James Webb, a strong advocate of engagement with Burma, will have four Burma experts including Professor David I. Steinberg...
2009-09-24
The United Nations Secretary General on Wednesday urged the Burmese government to create conditions for credible elections in 2010 and to allow the...