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October 8, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Villagers affected by the junta’s latest scorched earth campaign in Shan State South in late July will be given Nargis model homes by the government...
October 8, 2009
The Burmese military junta has reinforced its troops along the border with Bangladesh to inspect border pillars and build border fences, said a...
October 8, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has welcomed Thailand’s proposal to register children of migrant workers from Burma, Laos and Cambodia...
October 8, 2009
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the ethnic Kachin ceasefire armed group in Northern Burma is ignoring the recent threat held out by a high...
October 8, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The cabinet of the Thailand government has approved construction of the second Thailand – Burma Friendship Bridge on Moei River to give a leg up to...
October 8, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
A veteran Burmese politician on Wednesday appreciated Switzerland’s commitment to support the United Nations arms embargo on Burma’s military regime...
October 7, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
According to latest reports, increasing number of junta military trucks carrying hundreds of soldiers and supplies have been passing through areas...
October 7, 2009
The New York-based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday named a Burmese human rights activist, Bo Kyi, among four winners of the 2009 Alison Des Forges...
October 7, 2009
| Mungpi
The consul officer of the United States embassy met detained citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin in Rangoon’s Insein prison on Sunday, and appointed two lawyers to...
October 7, 2009
| Nem Davies
The Chairman of the Ethnic Nationalities Council in exile, a coalition of ethnic political organisations, on Monday made it abundantly clear that the...
October 7, 2009
The Burmese juntas Liaison Minister Aung Kyi met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a government guest house on Wednesday. Sources in Rangoon said...
October 7, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Units of the United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s southern region along the Thai-Burma border has been on the move, especially during night, sources said...
October 7, 2009
| Siddique Islam
Bangladesh has requested Burma to take the initiative to open letters of credit (LCs) with its commercial banks directly instead of going through any...
October 7, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The ongoing conflict between the Burmese Army and ethnic armed groups and Thailand’s energy dependence on its neighbour has significantly affected...
October 7, 2009
The Burmese Army (BA) has ordered village headmen to recruit local militias in Ye and Ye Byu townships along the Ye Tavoy motor road. According to...