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February 24, 2010
In the midst of escalating tension over the contentious Border Guard Force issue in Kachin State, ethnic Kachins in northern Burma today marked the...
February 24, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
A weeklong visit of the top three regional commanders of Shan State around Eastern Command last week was for inspection of areas for impending...
February 24, 2010
The Burmese military junta’s chief negotiator Lt-Gen Ye Myint’s latest and fourth invitation of the year to meet in Shan State North capital Lashio...
February 24, 2010
| Usa Pichai
A rights group has made a fervent appeal to the Thai government to halt abuses by the police and withdraw discriminatory laws and policies against...
February 24, 2010
Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: Bangladesh authorities have stepped up arresting Arakanese Rohingya refugees including refugees from official and makeshift...
February 24, 2010
The Burmese military government proposes to raise the salaries of its employees and make it at par with ASEAN countries. It is believed that the move...
February 24, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
Latest reports say that if the mastermind behind the Saturday Mekong attack on Burmese police boats is believed to be “Godfather” Naw Kham, it was...
February 23, 2010
Ethnic Kachins today began their four-day celebrations on the ceasefire with the ruling Burmese junta in Kachin State, Northern Burma, said local...
February 23, 2010
| Myint Maung
Tin Oo the Vice-Chairman of the National League for Democracy was awarded for “bravery for national reconciliation” by the UNA, a coalition of ethnic...
February 23, 2010
| Usa Pichai
Last week after three Thai soldiers were injured by landmines near the Thai Burma border, Tak Province authorities launched an extensive search of...
February 23, 2010
| Nai Jorn
Two months after arrest of the Mon monk Ashin Uk Kong Sah by Burmese government police, relatives and friends have yet to find out where he is...
February 23, 2010
| Kyaw Kha
A man's body with no head was found near Hlawga Park, east of San Pya village, Htauk Kyant, Mingaladon Township, Rangoon Division, police said...
February 22, 2010
The serial bomb explosions in Laogai, former capital of the Kokang rebels in northern Shan State, Burma a week ago, are being separately investigated...
February 22, 2010
The Burmese military junta has adopted a new tactic for forced labour in Arakan State to avoid pressure from the International Labour Organization (...
February 22, 2010
Seventy one foreign prisoners in Buthidaung prison have gone on hunger strike to protest the insufficient food they are provided daily, after the UN...