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June 3, 2009
Economic crisis in Arakan State is compelling many women to leave home for eastern Burma to work as day labourers in a company which is seeking...
June 3, 2009
The Rangoon Divisional Court on Wednesday accepted an appeal by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers to review the rejection of defense witnesses by the...
June 3, 2009
| Hnoung Hlaing
Deputy Defence Minister, General Aye Myint, on May 31 said that foreign nations should not interfere regarding the ongoing trial of Nobel Laureate...
June 3, 2009
| Zaw Gyi
Foreign labourers, including Burmese people, who used to work in the Chinese market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are currently unemployed because they...
June 3, 2009
| Nwe Lay
Local Burmese military junta authorities have issued an order restricting people in Kaw Thaung, a border town in southern Burma, from going out after...
June 3, 2009
After the brutal assault by Burmese Army soldiers, a teenaged Kachin student is in a coma for three days in hospital. He was beaten up severely at...
June 3, 2009
The Burmese military junta needs to change its policy and security system for the safety and stability of all neighbouring countries, said Thailand's...
June 3, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
A coalition group of the Burmese Opposition on Tuesday accused the ruling Burmese military junta of plotting to justify charging and putting on trial...
June 3, 2009
Sales of radio sets have been going up in Kalemyo and Tamu Township, Sagaing division western Burma, with more and more people tuning into foreign...
June 3, 2009
| Moe Thu
A Chinese firm has technically reached an agreement with the Canadian firm Ivanhoe Mines to buy the shares of its subsidiary, active in Burma,...
June 3, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Children aged between 12 to 15 have been forcibly recruited by the Burmese Army in Shan State East as army cadets on the claim that it will improve...
June 3, 2009
| Mungpi
Increasing militarization and internal conflict has pushed Burma down to 126th place in the new Global Peace Index, which measures the level of peace...
June 3, 2009
One of Burma's main ethnic ceasefire groups the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has fixed June 30 as the deadline to garner suggestions from...
June 2, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
While the world remains fixated on the trial of National League for Democracy (NLD) Chairman Aung San Suu Kyi, a veteran politician has called on the...
June 2, 2009
| May Kyaaw
Dr. Tun Lwin, the Director General of Burma’s Meteorology and Hydrology Department has tendered his resignation, departmental sources said. Though...