News
July 2, 2009
| Rai Maraoh and Roi Mon
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported more than a 100 percent increase in HIV-AIDS deaths in Mon State in the last two months...
July 2, 2009
The Burmese military junta has banned local villagers from travelling on the Indo-Burma border, especially the southern part of Mizoram state of...
July 1, 2009
Arakanese traveling in boats between Taungup Township and Kyauk Pru in western Burma's Arakan State now have to pay tolls for their consumer goods as...
July 1, 2009
Paletwa High School teachers have been collecting excess money from students for the academic year 2009 in Chin state western Burma. “I paid Kyat...
July 1, 2009
| Mungpi
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General, ahead of his visit to Burma, on Tuesday reiterated his call to the military junta to release...
July 1, 2009
In a surprise addition to its seven-member delegation, negotiating with the Burmese ruling junta, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has...
July 1, 2009
There have been reinforcements at the police station in Nam Kham Township, northern Shan State. While it is difficult to estimate the exact number of...
July 1, 2009
A large number of houses near the Myitkyina airport have to be demolished for its expansion. U Myo Myint, a secretary of the Kachin State Peace and...
July 1, 2009
| Kon Hadae
In the wake of the bomb explosion in Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) township, the Burmese junta authorities have ordered armed members of three ethnic...
June 30, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
The United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon was urged on Tuesday by the National League for Democracy to meet detained party leader Aung San Suu...
June 30, 2009
| Solomon
A North Korean and two Japanese nationals were arrested by Japanese police for illegally attempting to export magnetic measuring devices to Burma,...
June 30, 2009
In what appears to be the first death from Swine Flu in Burma, a Chinese boy from Hong Kong died of H1N1 virus four days ago in Lashio in Northeast...
June 30, 2009
Farmers in Central Burma are worried over the late monsoons, which are hampering the cultivation of monsoon paddy. According to a local farmer in...
June 30, 2009
With the increase in music piracy and ineffective laws governing the illegal reproduction of music, Burma's music industry has witnessed an 80...
June 30, 2009
Bangladesh Home Minister Sahara Khatun said in Parliament yesterday that the Rohingya issue still remains unresolved even though the government is...