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August 27, 2009
| Usa Pichai
With China keen on opening one more border trade checkpoint with Burma, a boost in trade is likely by corporates in Northern Thailand and southern...
August 27, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
A six-day meeting between Indian and Burmese military officers began on Wednesday in Kalemyo town, Sagaing division in North-western Burma, to...
August 27, 2009
| Mungpi
The Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone reiterated Japan’s expectation from Burma’s ruling junta to release detained opposition leader Aung...
August 27, 2009
| Myint Maung
With the second anniversary of the ‘Saffron Revolution’ round the corner, 10 opposition activists launched a campaign in Rangoon last Tuesday to pay...
August 27, 2009
| Mungpi
Burma’s military rulers have yet again resorted to a divide and rule policy to break up the Kokang ceasefire armed group, which refused to toe the...
August 26, 2009
Kachin people in the hills in Burma's northern Kachin State, who rely mainly on cultivation, are worried regarding a second bout of famine caused by...
August 26, 2009
On August 24, after languishing in Andaman jail for about eight months, 175 boat-people were handed over to Bangladesh Red Crescent under the...
August 26, 2009
Laogai, the capital of Kokang, is currently under the Burmese Army’s control since the night of August 24, sources said. The move came barely five...
August 26, 2009
Two foreign firms - Conoco Philips and Tullow Bangladesh - will explore for gas in the deep sea in Bangladesh near disputed waters between Burma and...
August 26, 2009
The Chairman of the Arakan State Peace and Development Council, General Thaung Aye, arrived on Monday in Taungup a day after unidentified democratic...
August 26, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The incident of flash floods near the Thai-Burmese border last week points to the ineffectiveness of the authorities in addition to its blatant...
August 25, 2009
Apprehending hostilities breaking out between the Kokang Army and the Burmese Army, China’s People’s Liberation Army has moved more than 700 troops...
August 25, 2009
| Usa Pichai
Citizenship will be granted by Thailand to displaced Thai villagers, who were in Burma, during demarcation by the British a hundred years ago...
August 25, 2009
| Mungpi
Unless Burma’s military regime releases political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and amends the 2008 constitution, the 2010 general elections...
August 25, 2009
Most educated youth are facing unemployment as there are very few posts under the Burmese government in Kalaymyo, Sagaing Division, Western Burma...