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February 2, 2010
A refugee of Leda unregistered camp was stabbed by local youths yesterday, at about 8 pm while he was returning to his camp after marketing, said a...
February 2, 2010
| Usa Pichai
Deeply concerned with the plight of thousands of refugees to be deported to Burma from early this month a Karen women’s organization has made an...
February 2, 2010
| Brian McCartan
With an offensive expected in northern Karen State this dry season and the possibility of renewed hostilities between the junta and ceasefire armies...
February 2, 2010
| Khatter Non
Migrant workers from Burma are still detained in an Australian refugee camp, after making a failed attempt to enter Australia illegally last March...
February 2, 2010
| Takaloo
The export of Burmese rice to Bangladesh has been increasing over the past few days as it garners fair prices and meets high demand in Bangladesh...
February 2, 2010
| Kyaukpru
The pre-engineering survey for the Burma-China gas pipeline construction on the Arakan Coast began on Monday by Petrol Myanmar and the Korean company...
February 1, 2010
A former village chairman in Maungdaw Township has been using local people as forced labour in an illegal timber production site with the help of...
February 1, 2010
The Burmese junta plans to shift 600 Burmese Buddhist families from Burma proper to Buthidaung Township in Arakan to settle in model villages...
February 1, 2010
| Mungpi
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Burma’s military rulers for the harsh sentencing of a journalist to 13 years in prison and urged...
February 1, 2010
| Tawlawi
Rubber plantation owners in Mon State claim that instances of corruption and extortion perpetuated bye Burmese government’s Department of Forestry,...
February 1, 2010
| Larry Jagan
Although there is as yet no election date set, campaigning by supporters of the junta is in full swing. “The New Light of Myanmar is full of reports...
February 1, 2010
The 62nd anniversary of the Chin National Day is being celebrated by the biggest Chin Christian group in Gangaw Township in Magwe division, western...
February 1, 2010
| Usa Pichai
Conservationists worry that the lack of reliable information regarding the natural habitat of tigers in Burma could negatively impact attempts to...
February 1, 2010
A poppy field in Chin State was destroyed by the Burmese police, in the first week of January. The poppy field was located 20 miles from Cikha sub-...
February 1, 2010
Over the last 40 days local people are being forced to construct the Haka – Gan Gaw motor road by junta authorities. Residents of Senthang hill tract...