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August 21, 2009
Sao Yawdserk, the leader of the Shan State (SSA) South, at war with Burma’s military rulers, has warned Thailand of more asylum seekers unless the...
August 21, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Denouncing the junta’s scorched earth campaign in Shan State, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Burmese embassies in several countries, to...
August 21, 2009
| May Kyaw
The Burmese Ministry of Mines has awarded Max Myanmar Group of Companies, a domestic conglomerate owned by business tycoon Zaw Zaw, a contract to...
August 21, 2009
The Tidim Township based LIB 269 of the Burmese Army has seized 19 bulls that were being taken to Mizoram state India and have demanded a large...
August 21, 2009
People in northern Maungdaw have been facing an acute shortage of rice since the beginning of August, said a member of the village authority...
August 20, 2009
| Mungpi
Pakistan’s Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday came down heavily on Burma’s military junta for sentencing opposition leader Aung...
August 20, 2009
There was a face off between troops of the Burmese Army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers in Burma's northern Kachin State about two weeks...
August 19, 2009
| Mungpi
Burma’s military rulers hope that hosting US Senator Jim Webb and releasing John William Yettaw will help promote bilateral relationship between the...
August 19, 2009
| Rai Maraoh
A group of Rohingya people that was arrested trying to cross illegally into Rangnon, Thailand, remain in prison along the Thai-Burma border after...
August 19, 2009
| Nem Davies
A Burmese delegation led by the Secretary of the pro-junta civil organisation – the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) – will leave...
August 19, 2009
The Burmese military junta is yet to respond to the military and political demands of the major ethnic Kachin ceasefire group in the country's north...
August 19, 2009
A fertilizer trader in Maungdaw Township was arrested on August 17 night, for refusing to sell fertilizer to a village Peace and Development Council...
August 19, 2009
The second Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge, completed in 2004, has not been utilized to its optimum as the border checkpoint between China’s Daluo and...
August 19, 2009
Mara social organizations and religious leaders have rejected the Mara People’s Army (MPA). They declared it an illegal group on 18 July in Mara...
August 19, 2009
Serious confabulations are on in some KNLA battalions under the command of the KNU’s 6th Brigade, where ways are being explored to reunite with its...