News
June 22, 2009
The 'Known-Result' --- where the people of Kachin State have rejected the Burmese junta’s proposal of transforming the Kachin Independence Army (KIA...
June 22, 2009
| Larry Jagan
United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari is scheduled to arrive in Burma later this week to pave the way for the proposed visit of U.N. Secretary...
June 22, 2009
| Takaloo
Cox’s Bazaar: Arakanese urban refugees sheltered in Bangladesh, staged a protest on Sunday, outside the UNHCR office in southern Bangladesh's Cox's...
June 22, 2009
| Par Reh
Locals, who shifted from relocated sites to their original village, often run away from their village in Shar Daw Township, Karenni State. The reason...
June 19, 2009
Four pro-democracy activists were released from Buthidaung Prison recently, after completing their prison terms, their colleague said. "They were...
June 19, 2009
Farmers in Arakan State are facing severe drought conditions in the area and have been unable to start cultivation in their fields, even a month...
June 19, 2009
| Myo Thein
The Bahan Township Court has sentenced the former chief reporter of the The News Watch journal, Zaw Tun, to two years imprisonment. The court...
June 19, 2009
| Mungpi
Thirty-one Burmese activists were detained on Friday by Delhi police for holding a demonstration in front of the Burmese Embassy marking the 64th...
June 19, 2009
Burmese goods will be imported to Mizoram state from tomorrow 20 June as the dispute between the Zokhawthar Welfare Committee (ZWC) and Champhai...
June 19, 2009
Prayer services for the release of Burma's democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi were held on her 64th birthday today in three different places in...
June 19, 2009
Security in Taungup, a town located in southern Arakan State, was strengthened today with the deployment of additional police personnel in key...
June 19, 2009
| Kon Hadae
Brigadier General Ohm Myint in a meeting tried to persuade Mon villagers to cast their votes in the 2010 general elections to legitimize the rule of...
June 19, 2009
| Rai Maraoh
This month more people are suffering from dengue fever, said a doctor in Mudon Town, Mon State. The beginning of June has shown the highest incidence...
June 18, 2009
| Nem Davies
Two Burmese women’s organizations in the Indo-Burmese border town of Moreh were forced to cancel a planned protest rally to be held on Friday after...
June 18, 2009
Rohingya refugees living in the unregistered refugee camp in Kutupalong under Ukiya police station, near the Bangladesh-Burma border, are at risk,...