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September 29, 2009
Two ethnic Kachin military personnel in Burmese Army’s No. 1 Nyaung Pin military base in Mongkoe in Burma's Northeast Shan State deserted on...
September 29, 2009
Youths under the age of 18, from Moulmein Township in Mon State, are being forcibly enlisted into the Burmese Army, according to soldiers from the...
September 29, 2009
| Brian McCartan
Fighting largely came to an end in Karen State’s central Hlaing Bwe Township three months ago, but villagers who fled to Thailand in June to avoid...
September 29, 2009
| Mungpi
The Refugee International on Monday hailed the United States for including an increase in humanitarian assistance to the Burmese people in its new...
September 29, 2009
In the wake of a meeting with Wa leaders in Shan State North’s Tangyan in April, Naypyitaw’s chief negotiator Lt-Gen Ye Myint reportedly told them...
September 29, 2009
| Mungpi
The United States on Monday said it will directly engage with Burma’s military regime but will continue maintaining existing sanctions, and also...
September 29, 2009
In some remote villages of Chin state, wild dogs have been killing domestic animals like chickens, cows, bulls and horses. According to a reporter of...
September 29, 2009
The eighth meeting between Burmese military officials and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) got off the ground today in Myitkyina, the...
September 29, 2009
| Mungpi
Burmese activists in New York on Monday threw shoes at visiting Foreign Minister Nyan Win, an act of opposition against his representation of the...
September 29, 2009
In a much anticipated speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly, Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein delivered a short address largely...
September 28, 2009
| Mungpi
The Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein, currently in New York to attend the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations, will meet US Senator James...
September 28, 2009
| Mungpi
Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she needs to talk to representatives of the United States, the European Union and...
September 28, 2009
A youth on sentry duty in Maungdaw Township was brutally tortured by Burma’s border security force (Nasaka), at night in his village on the night of...
September 28, 2009
Burma’s border security force (Naska) extorted money from two small boys in Maungdaw Township on September 22, while they were sleeping at night in...
September 28, 2009
| Rai Maraoh
The new Mon group, calling itself the ‘working committee’ has been organizing Mon people in advance of a potential move to become a full fledge...