News
August 11, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: As of August 1st, Maungdaw District officials have been changing their approach to collecting “population data” in order to...
August 11, 2014
| IMNA
Concerned about the potential negative effects of dam construction on the Salween River, domestic and international experts plan to conduct a...
August 11, 2014
| Khonumthung
A report said that the USDP isn’t willing to accept a donation of rice from Japan’s Nippon Foundation to northern Chin State’s Tonzang Township that...
August 11, 2014
| KIC
A coalition of Shan community-based-organizations has urged the United States to pressure Burma government to stop its military offensives in Shan...
August 11, 2014
| KIC
A Human rights organization has called for the release of a Rohingya activist and politician, Kyaw Hla Aung, 74, who has been detained by authorities...
August 11, 2014
| Mizzima
Floods in Bago township, Bago Region have caused 9000 residents spread across nine wards to be evacuated after the Bago river burst its banks on...
August 11, 2014
| Mizzima
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Myanmar it had a long way to go in its transition from military rule to democracy and raised concerns...
August 8, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Burmese Rohingya refugees officially registered at Nayapara and Kutupalong camps in Bangladesh refused to accept rations on...
August 8, 2014
| Mizzima
PHITSANULOK, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Air’s young body bears the scars of her five years as a child slave. Scars crisscross her neck,...
August 8, 2014
| Mizzima
A petition organised by the National League for Democracy and the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society group in support of amending the constitution...
August 8, 2014
| Mizzima
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi men have been banned from marrying women from Myanmar, three other Asian nations and an African country as the Gulf state...
August 7, 2014
| Narinjara
Over 50 villagers from Thandwe Township’s Jade Taw Village staged a demonstration demanding the return of land which various government agencies...
August 7, 2014
| IMNA
In order to receive Temporary Residential Status “Tor Ror 38/1” (TR.38/1) from the Thai government, Burmese migrant workers must submit supporting...
August 7, 2014
| Mizzima
Telenor will mark the launch of its service next month by putting 10 million SIM cards on the market, a company spokesperson told Mizzima on August 5.
August 7, 2014
| Mizzima
An organisational watchdog will be established to monitor the development of higher education institutions and reduce the potential for corruption in...