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June 18, 2009
| Nem Davies
In a renewed crackdown on Burmese migrants, Mizoram authorities in India’s northeastern region have arrested over 100 Burmese nationals and ordered...
June 18, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Shan State’s Regional Commanders are reportedly planning to hold a drug bonfire on the UN World Anti-Drugs Day, on June 26, at Kengtung, the capital...
June 18, 2009
The Htoo Company, owned by Burmese tycoon U Te Za, has been illegally exporting teak from western Burma to Bangladesh, since the company got...
June 18, 2009
| Larry Jagan
Burma’s largest active ethnic rebel group has been forced to abandon its stronghold on the Burmese border with Thailand after weeks of fierce...
June 18, 2009
Despite the Burmese junta’s claim of eliminating the use of children in the military, a human rights advocate said children in Burma are still...
June 18, 2009
| Moe Thu
Business stakeholders from Burma, China and Thailand are into discussions for Chinese investors to involve themselves in two huge hydro power dams in...
June 18, 2009
The Educational Director of Kalemyo, Sagaing division western Burma has demanded Kyat 25 lakhs from every private boarding school up to classes IX...
June 18, 2009
| Usa Pichai
Citizens of six countries which share the Mekong River on Thursday submitted a petition with 16,000 signatures to Thailand’s Prime Minister to save...
June 18, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
China’s Vice President Xi Jinping has conveyed to the visiting Burmese Vice-Senior General Maung Aye his country’s willingness to help military-ruled...
June 18, 2009
| Solomon
The ethnic Kachin resistance group – Kachin Independence Organisation is refurbishing its military in what appears to be preparation for an impending...
June 18, 2009
Three Arakanese youth, who were travelling to Thailand in search of employment, were arrested by Burmese troops in the border town of Myawaddy in...
June 18, 2009
| Asah
The Burmese Education Ministry has promised to supply textbooks to grade-one students free throughout the country, but in Mon State and Karen State...
June 17, 2009
Burmese Army soldiers have abandoned over 210 women from eight villages near Rathidaung town, 20 miles north of Sittwe, after marrying them, said a...
June 17, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
All government schools in each township in northern Shan State have been ordered to buy exercise books delivered by the Chairman of Shan State (North...
June 17, 2009
The Burmese military junta plans to resettle 200,000 Burman people in ethnic Kachin's Hukawng Valley (also called Hugawng in Kachin) in the country's...