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June 17, 2009
When it comes to trafficking in women and children, Burma is one of the worst countries. Women and children are trafficked into neighbouring...
June 17, 2009
| Nyein Chan
A schooner carrying food supplies for government employees’ ‘fair price shops’ in Arakan State capsized after robbers looted the goods and scuttled...
June 17, 2009
A boat plying in Arakan State for delivery of goods to a cooperative store operated by the Burmese authorities, was attacked near Pauktaw on June 13...
June 17, 2009
| Mungpi
An “open and fair” trial for Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her two aides has been demanded of the Burmese military junta by five United...
June 17, 2009
The Burmese military junta had illegally sentenced and imprisoned Mr. TlungLawi and his son-law Mr. Nichung of Kala village, Matupi Township,...
June 16, 2009
| Solomon
The Daewoo International led consortium on Monday agreed to sell gas from the A-1 and A-3 blocks of its offshore gas production in western Burma to...
June 16, 2009
| Nyein Chan
Four officials of the Budithaung prison in Arakan state in western Burma have been removed from their posts following the arrest of a man possessing...
June 16, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
Precautionary measures against the Swine Flu virus has been stepped up by authorities in India and Burma along their international boundary,...
June 16, 2009
The Dhaka office of the UNHCR cancelled its World Refugee Day programme for urban refugees, mostly Burmese. The reason for the cancellation was that...
June 16, 2009
Troops of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) are going into the forests from their army battalions in Burma's northern Kachin State for a possible...
June 16, 2009
| Nem Davies
Burmese Foreign Ministry in a statement on Sunday rejected to European Union’s statement of concern over the influx of refugees from Burma to...
June 16, 2009
Temporary huts of unofficial Burmese refugees were destroyed by Bangladeshi authorities yesterday. About 500 huts were destroyed near the Kutupalong...
June 16, 2009
Many Chin parents cannot afford to send their children to school so they admit them to the Children’s Orphanages in Chin state, western Burma. The...
June 16, 2009
Eighteen Rohingya refugees were arrested and jailed on June 14 for cutting woods in the forest, said Kala Meah, a refugee elder from the unregistered...
June 16, 2009
| Mungpi
Veteran journalist Win Tin said on Monday Burma’s military rulers are going the whole hog to garner diplomatic support from regional countries in the...