News
August 19, 2009
Authorities in Arakan State have been collecting family lists in Maungdaw Township but no one yet knows the reason, said one resident. "The authority...
August 18, 2009
| Panorkkyar
Beginning this month, Burmese government authorities in Mon State have been increasing security measures and investigating Buddhist monks who are...
August 18, 2009
| May Kyaw
Ban on four brands of imported cooking oil notwithstanding, brisk sales continues unabated because it is cheap. The 'Food and Drug Administration' (...
August 18, 2009
Lt-General Khin Zaw awarded cash prizes at Moulmein Jubilee Hall yesterday, to Mon State schools that met the academic goals of the Burmese...
August 18, 2009
Burma’s border security force, Nasaka, has been using a new strategy to extort money from villagers in Maungdaw Township, said a local villager, who...
August 18, 2009
The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) authorities have been preparing a military training programme for civilians of Matupi Township, in...
August 18, 2009
In a fresh repressive measure the Burmese military junta has banned Kachins, an ethnic nationality, from constructing its cultural symbols – the "...
August 18, 2009
| Nan Htoo San (KIC)
The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army and Thai authorities have been cooperating with each other to send internally displaced people back to their...
August 18, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
The headmistress of Namkham High School, in northern Shan State, has been extorting money from students by forcing them to buy exercise books, to...
August 18, 2009
Untied States President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday praised Senator Jim Webb for facilitating the release...
August 18, 2009
| Nem Davies
Journalists in Burma doubts the effectiveness of the European Union (EU)’s inclusion of four Burmese state-run media in their updated list of...
August 18, 2009
Three Pagodas Pass -- Buddhist monks and local village headmen met recently in Kya-In Seik-Kyi Township and arrived at a consensus regarding their...
August 18, 2009
A traditional drummer in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, has gone missing after being arrested by police on 11 August, 2009, said a relative...
August 17, 2009
| Panorkkyar
The government of Burma has released the American citizen John William Yettaw. The authorities should immediately release the democracy icon Dawn...
August 17, 2009
Commander Major Thet Naing of Burma’s border security force, the Nasaka of area No.4 in Maungdaw Township is now controlling the rice market in...