Mizzima
2013-01-03
United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on the Burmese government to ensure that civilians’ lives were not endangered and...
2013-01-03
The education sector in Burma is badly in need of funds; the country’s telecommunications infrastructure is one of the poorest in the world. But the...
2013-01-03
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Thai government to immediately halt its plan to deport 73 ethnic Rohingyas back to Burma.
2013-01-02
Burmese government forces on Wednesday continued their ground offensive against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) near the village of Nam Sang Yawng...
2013-01-02
Burma’s President Thein Sein said the world was amazed by Burma’s program of democratic reforms in 2012, and called on the people of Burma to join...
2013-01-02
While Burma’s Kanbawza Bank (KBZ) says its electronic operations with VISA cards are so far running smoothly, rival Cooperative Bank (CB) says it has...
2013-01-02
For only US $388 you can now fly return from Rangoon to Hong Kong.
2013-01-02
The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards, a local version of Hollywood’s Oscars, celebrated its return to Rangoon on Sunday night after four years...
2012-12-29
The Karen National Union (KNU) has said that it intends to reshuffle the members of its peace team now that a new leadership has been elected,...
2012-12-29
Twenty-eight Chinese coaches arrived in Rangoon this week to begin training Burmese athletes to help the host country prepare for the 27th Southeast...
2012-12-28
Following Burmese President Thein Sein’s meeting with representatives of the China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO) in Naypyitaw on...
2012-12-28
Four people smugglers were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison by a Thai court on Thursday over a 2008 incident when 54 migrant workers from Burma...
2012-12-28
A woolen sweater hand-knitted by Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sold for US $49,000 at a charity auction at People’s Square in Rangoon on...
2012-12-28
Burma’s President Thein Sein on Wednesday called for administrative improvements from the grassroots level to the Union level as the third step of a...
2012-12-27
The Nippon Foundation said that it had completed the shipment of relief goods including rice and medicines to Mon State on December 25, the first of...