News
August 7, 2014
| Mizzima
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to arrive in Myanmar later this week as part of an tour of the Asia-Pacific region that...
August 6, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Heavy rains have been pounding the Burma-Bangladesh border area since July 29th, destroying many shacks at the Leda refugee camp...
August 6, 2014
| Khonumthung
Many farmers haven’t been able to start cultivating their crops in Chin state due to insufficient rainfall, and the weather conditions have already...
August 6, 2014
| KIC
Poe Cho lies small on the floor of the children’s ward at Mae Tao Clinic. His tiny body has been stilled by dengue fever. Poe Cho, 7, was infected by...
August 6, 2014
| Mizzima
The Ministry of Education has come under criticism over a proposal to ban student groups from calling themselves unions.
August 6, 2014
| Mizzima
One of three people accused of involvement in an allegedly fabricated rape claim that triggered communal unrest in Mandalay early last month says he...
August 5, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The week-long Laiza conference of 18 ethnic armed organizations which concluded on July 31st proposed that Japan and Norway be invited as signatory...
August 5, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaww, Arakan State: Rohingya fishermen in Maungdaw Township are fighting for survival as the Burmese authorities have prohibited them from...
August 5, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Rohingya community in Maungdaw District has been subject to ongoing coercive pressure by local authorities to participate...
August 5, 2014
| Mizzima
Local political prisoner organisations and international experts from Amnesty International and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees will...
August 5, 2014
| Mizzima
The mobile and telecommunications firm, Ooredoo, has launched in Myanmar becoming the first private company to compete with the state-owned, Myanmar...
August 4, 2014
| IMNA
The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) will hold an informal meeting with the quasi-governmental Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) on August 3rd...
August 4, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: People from Borgarbill Village—part of Kyauk Hlai Khar Village Track—fled after their village was surrounded by 11 trucks...
August 4, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Chittagong, Bangladesh: At a press conference held at Rangoon International Airport on July 26th, the new Special Rapporteur on the human rights...
August 4, 2014
| S.H.A.N
U Hla Maung Shwe, special advisor to the quasi-governmental Myanmar Peace Center, has welcomed a statement issued by the Nationwide Ceasefire...