Mizzima
2009-04-30
A year after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma’s rice bowl, the Irrawaddy delta, farmers say they are plagued with another disaster – pests. A farmer...
2009-04-30
Thai activists in Bangkok have revealed that more than 12,000 workers in Thailand have asked for help after they were affected by the ongoing...
2009-04-30
In a renewed effort to persuade ceasefire armed groups to join them, Burma’s military junta on Tuesday met with six Sino-Burmese border based ethnic...
2009-04-28
A pre-meeting for NLD’s plenary meeting, scheduled for Tuesday was held today at the NLD Head Office in Bahan Township of Rangoon amidst close...
2009-04-28
The European Union (EU) on Monday renewed its sanctions imposed on Burma’s military rulers for another year during its foreign ministers meet in...
2009-04-27
Environmentalists have warned that the damning of Mekong Rivers will have a significant trans boundary impact on countries which share this river,...
2009-04-25
South Korea has awarded its highest human rights award “Gwangju Prize for Human Rights” to Burma’s leading student activist Min Ko Naing, who is...
2009-04-25
Unidentified offenders used weed killers to poison the water supply of the Mae La refugee camp on April 11. The camp, on the Thai-Burma border, home...
2009-04-23
In a fresh crackdown on migrants, Malaysian authorities arrested at least 200 Burmese nationals on Wednesday, in Kuala Lumpur. During a joint...
2009-04-23
In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, a new satellite town is being built beside the Myaungmya-Latputta Highway, about three miles away from Latputta...
2009-04-23
A fresh outbreak of Diarrhea has reportedly killed four people in Rangoon’s Thaketa Township and led to 60 people being hospitalized in suburban...
2009-04-23
After decades of extensive and largely unregulated logging, many forests in Northern Burma’s Kachin state are nearly barren, resulting in a warming...
2009-04-23
The Burmese military junta-backed civilian organization, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) in Chin state, has completed its...
2009-04-21
Private advertising firms in Rangoon said, they are faced with severe losses as the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) Engineering Department (...
2009-04-21
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will provide another chance to Burma to reapply for financial assistance. “Burma is being...