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June 10, 2009
The Burmese military junta's offer of dialogues with ethnic ceasefire groups in the country who agree to the "policy of their armed-wing transition...
June 10, 2009
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says despite some progress in combating the incidence of child soldiers in Burma, there remains much...
June 10, 2009
| Asah and Blai Mon
A recently formed Mon insurgent group is attempting to levy taxes in territory controlled by Burma’s largest Mon political party. The party has...
June 10, 2009
| Mon Son, Rai Maraoh
Officials of the largest Mon political group recently concluded discussions with Burmese military commanders. Details could not be confirmed, but...
June 10, 2009
Chin people are being forced to construct a road in Kanpelet Township by the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) in Kanpelet Town,...
June 10, 2009
Over 2,000 Yaba tablets worth one million Taka were seized by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on the Burma-Bangladesh border yesterday morning from a bus...
June 9, 2009
| Solomon
Over 3,500 Karen in eastern Burma have fled to neighbouring Thailand in the aftermath of fresh conflicts along the border between Karen armed rebels...
June 9, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
Bent on humiliating and insulting detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a number of anonymous groups, believed to be pro-junta, have...
June 9, 2009
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the largest ethnic Kachin ceasefire group in Burma has accepted the idea of transformation of its armed-...
June 9, 2009
The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Monday made inquiries from the Home Ministry about the...
June 9, 2009
The Buthidaung-Maungdaw motor road, the main road in western Burma for trade with Bangladesh, collapsed yesterday in three locations, after heavy...
June 9, 2009
The Burmese Army which came to Maungdaw Township on April 2009 from Buthidaung Township to supervise the erection of fences on the Burma Bangladesh...
June 9, 2009
| Mungpi
The Rangoon Divisional Court on Tuesday decided to allow a second defense witness to testify in the trial against pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu...
June 9, 2009
Unabated heavy rain triggered landslide in the mountains on the Maungdaw – Buthidaung Road, which blocked and completely cutoff traffic on June 7,...
June 9, 2009
| Mungpi
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday reiterated a call for the release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi,...