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July 14, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
A Burmese military junta representative, while meeting Thailand’s Labour Minister last Saturday said families of migrant workers applying for new...
July 14, 2009
| Myo Gyi
According to residents, local authorities in conjunction with a travel agent are issuing Burmese passports, valid for three years, from the northern...
July 14, 2009
| Mungpi
Military-ruled Burma has said it is preparing to release some political prisoners in order to allow them to participate in the 2010 general election...
July 14, 2009
The owner of The Yangon United FC, Burmese business tycoon Tay Za said he had spent over Kyat 500 million (approximately USD 450,000), on the club...
July 14, 2009
Two senior officers of the Burmese Army have been detained in northern Kachin State and put on trial in a military court over a scam related to...
July 14, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
Hollywood actor Richard Gere has called on the United Nations to increase pressure on the Burmese military regime to release five detained Burmese...
July 14, 2009
| Solomon
Over 500 villagers from eastern Burma’s Karen state have fled their homes and are hiding in the jungles as military offensives by the joint Burmese...
July 14, 2009
| Mi Mi & Mungpi
The death of several hundred pigs in the Indian state of Mizoram, contiguous to Burma has caused alarm and spread panic among local residents, who...
July 14, 2009
Bangladesh has earned 690 million taka through the Teknaf land port, opposite Burma's Maungdaw, in the 2008 - 09 fiscal year from trade with Burma,...
July 14, 2009
12 village elders in Rambree Township in Arakan State are facing criminal charges brought by the township authority for rebuilding a small bridge in...
July 13, 2009
The Burmese military junta has been told by the largest ethnic Kachin armed group in the country, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) that it...
July 13, 2009
A new Mon splinter group has been demanding money from villages in Ye Township in southern Mon state, financial support promotion of their armed...
July 13, 2009
The escalating tension between the Burmese Army and the ceasefire groups since April, has practically put a halt to the United Wa State Army’s drug...
July 13, 2009
The Burmese military junta has banned college students from staying in the hostel campus in Kalay University, Kalaymyo, Sagaing division western...
July 13, 2009
A Rohingya, who was among the boat-people died in Ranong jail on June 30 from diarrhea. He was one of the 78 boat-people arrested by Thai authorities...