News
December 16, 2009
| Mungpi
Lack of investment in education has resulted in millions of school drop outs among Burmese children leaving the future generation “at stake”, an...
December 16, 2009
| Usa Pichai
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health will provide free Poliomyelitis vaccination across the country for all Thai and migrant children next week. Dr...
December 16, 2009
A village headman was accused of supporting a Mon splinter group and was severely beaten on the head by Burmese troops on December 10. A column of...
December 15, 2009
| Phanida
Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met her legal team on Tuesday. The four lawyers - Nyan Win, Kyi Win, Hla Myo Myint and Khin Htay Kywe...
December 15, 2009
| Kyaw Thein Kha
Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz arrived in Burma’s new capital Naypyitaw on Tuesday, where he will speak at a seminar on economic...
December 15, 2009
| Rai Maraoh, Weng Mon
Mon schools throughout Mon State have seen an increase in funding from local community members, providing more money for schools that had previously...
December 15, 2009
In a development, which does not bode well for the Burmese ruling junta, thousands of Chinese Vietnam war veterans have joined the ethnic Wa rebels...
December 15, 2009
| Janu, Lyi Htaw
On December 10th of this year, a small group of Moulmein youths held a secret celebration for Human Rights Day in their city, for the second year in...
December 15, 2009
The Burmese military junta has postponed the final board examinations for the academic year 2009. It will now be held in February or March 2010...
December 15, 2009
| Zaw Gyi
Deaths among detainees afflicted by an unknown disease continue in the KLIA detention camp near the Kuala Lumpur International airport ...
December 15, 2009
| Saw Hkar Sunyar/KIC
Anti-Child Trafficking day was held in Hsar Thulay School in Maesot Thailandat 9 am today. About 300 people, including teachers and students...
December 15, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
World leaders at the UN Conference on Climate Change were urged by media freedom groups to pressurize countries, including Burma to protect...
December 15, 2009
| Larry Jagan
Burma’s production of opium poppy continues to rise by almost 50 percent since 2006, says a report of the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime...
December 15, 2009
Burmese envoy Phae Tham Oo for Bangladesh took up bilateral issues between Burma and Bangladesh including the Rohingya problem and made a proposal to...
December 15, 2009
A Arakanese Rohingya delegation comprising of 11 members from Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Kyauktaw Townships of Arakan State, is due to visit Rangoon...