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July 20, 2009
A complainant who accused a senior NLD leader of defamation left the town of Taungup for Sittwe secretly after a group of local residents attempted...
July 20, 2009
12 Burmese boatmen have been missing since a timber cargo ship sank near the Mayu lighthouse in theBay of Bengal last Friday, a businessman reported...
July 17, 2009
| Phanida
Burma’s democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi met her legal team on Friday, to discuss the final arguments of her trial in Rangoon’s notorious Insein...
July 17, 2009
| Nem Davies
Over 761 kilograms of heroin and several tablets of Amphetamine tablets were seized by the Burmese authorities from a Thai-Burma border town of...
July 17, 2009
| Mon Son
Mon state schools that meet certain academic standards set by Burmese government officials will receive 1,000,000 kyat per school to supplement costs...
July 17, 2009
| Usa Pichai
ASEAN civil society organizations have highlighted Burma as a benchmark for ASEAN human rights issues and called for a strong Human Rights Body to...
July 17, 2009
In Falam Civil Hospital in Chin state, hospital staffs are charging Kyat 40,000 for testing the blood of donors for donation to patients in the...
July 17, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
People along the Thai-Burma border staged a protest last week against a joint road project between a Thai firm and the Burmese Army, local sources...
July 17, 2009
Kachin State civilian-peace mediator Rev. Dr. Lahtaw Saboi Jum and his younger brother Lahtaw Hkun Myat will deliver a clear message from the Kachin...
July 17, 2009
| Nan Htoo San
Troops of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a break-away Karen ethnic armed group, are suffering from depression because they have been...
July 17, 2009
Eighteen Burmese Muslims were arrested on Wednesday by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on the border when they were trying to enter Bangladesh to enroll...
July 17, 2009
Burma’s border security force, Nasaka, has seized cattle from Natala (model) villagers of Buthidaung Township, while the cattle were being driven to...
July 17, 2009
| Panorkkyar
The price of goods exported from Thailand increased, as fewer goods from Thailand have been arriving in Moulmein, according to traders in Moulmein...
July 17, 2009
| May Kyaw
In an ironic twist, Burma is said to have bought 300 megawatts of electricity from the Sino-Burma border town of Ruili in China, to meet the energy...
July 17, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
The amnesty to prisoners announced by the Burmese military junta is yet another tactic to ease mounting international pressure over the trial of...