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November 12, 2009
According to NMSP officials in the area, Nai Shaung, the leader of a newly-formed Mon splinter group known as the “Rehmonnya” group has asked...
November 12, 2009
Preparations for the ethnic Kachin cultural and religious festival in Bhamo, the second largest city in the country's northern Kachin State, was...
November 12, 2009
The Shan State Special Region #4, otherwise the National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS), based in Mongla, opposite China’s...
November 12, 2009
Mounting economic crisis is driving out people in Chin state, western Burma by the day, but refugees abroad continue to be windows of survival for...
November 12, 2009
| Mungpi & Khaing Suu
Amidst wide ranging speculation and applause over the new US-junta engagement, a group of activists, essentially known as a pro-junta student group,...
November 12, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The United States has urged ASEAN nations to convince Burma to hold transparent general elections as US President Barack Obama leaves on his debut...
November 11, 2009
| Kyaw Kha
The civic case filed against film actor Kyaw Thu-led Free Funeral Service Association, for occupying the premises without permission from the Rangoon...
November 11, 2009
| Phanida
Xenophobia is not nationalism and patriotism, opposition leader Daw Aung Suu Kyi has said. “She said nationalism is good with good intentions for the...
November 11, 2009
A newly-formed ethnic Kachin militia group in Burma's northern Kachin State is now operating under the direct control of a Burmese Army officer of...
November 11, 2009
| Rai Maraoh
According to residents from the townships of Kyaikmaraw and Mudon in Mon State, amphetamine usage has proliferated in villages throughout both...
November 11, 2009
| Asah
The Mae Tao clinic, which is located in Mae Sot, on the Thai side of the Thai–Burma border, has continued to attract thousands of ill and injured...
November 11, 2009
Reacting to the Burmese military junta’s oft repeated statement that it has waited more than 20 years for the ceasefire groups to change, the non-...
November 11, 2009
Nasaka, Burma’s border security force has accused a Rohingya woman in Maungdaw Township of giving birth to an illegitimate child, said a close...
November 10, 2009
A ground-breaking ceremony was held yesterday on November 9th near Kamawet village, Mudon Township, at the site of a new pagoda and monastery that...
November 10, 2009
| Kyaw Kha
The US $ 120 million Kaladan multi-modal project that will connect India’s Kolkata city with Burma’s western city of Sittwe, will have an impact on...