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June 30, 2009
The Burmese military authorities have forcibly taken away most of the relief material, meant for local Chin people, who had suffered due to a fire in...
June 30, 2009
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Burma on Friday for a short two-day visit to the country, according to an announcement...
June 30, 2009
| Kon Hadae
Two bombs exploded in Three Pagodas Pass Town last night. The Burmese Army announced that the blasts occurred at 8:20 pm and 8:23 p.m., with a third...
June 29, 2009
Three Kachin ceasefire groups in northern Burma last week, gave into the demands of the Burmese military junta of transforming their armed-wings into...
June 29, 2009
| Myo Thein
Authorities on Sunday detained a journalist who tried to take a photograph of the 13-year old girl who authorities have announced is suffering from...
June 29, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
Burma’s High Court on Monday rejected an appeal by legal counsels to reinstate two allegedly key defense witnesses in the ongoing trial of Burmese...
June 29, 2009
| Ko Wild
Several monks on Saturday refrained from going out to collect swan offering in Myingyan town in Mandalay division, following a visit and offerings...
June 26, 2009
Ten years after June 26 marks 10 years since the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) embarked on its 15-year plan to eradicate the cultivation...
June 26, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and related organizations have held activities in honor of World Refugee Day in Mae Sot, a...
June 26, 2009
Dr. Kamal Hussein, representative of Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia (BRCA), presented a statement (drafted) on behalf of NGOs across the...
June 26, 2009
| Ko Shwe
Thai surveyors and Burmese authorities are surveying the Tenasserim River, in Burma’s southernmost Tenasserim Division, for a potential dam site to...
June 26, 2009
The Mizoram Committee for Democracy in Burma (MCDB) staged a sit-in demonstration in Aizawl city, Mizoram state, in India today, demanding the...
June 26, 2009
| Kon Hadae
The leader of a Mon splinter group, who is a monk, is trying to woo abbots from Mon state to join his party in a bid to contest the 2010 election...
June 26, 2009
| Mon Son
Following heavy rains, rice paddy flooded by a dam run off are yet to be replanted. Many farmers are suffering even as the season progresses and they...
June 25, 2009
| May Kyaw
Burma’s Censorship Board has restricted local journals from reporting on the progress of the North Korean vessel, Kang Nam. The restriction came...