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May 23, 2009
The Arakan based Hindu community has been issued national ID cards by the Immigration Department as of the beginning of this month. “We have received...
May 21, 2009
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s international lawyer has said the United Nations Security Council should convene an emergency meeting if...
May 21, 2009
The European Union has talked to China about military ruled Burma, which was one of the regional issues in the bilateral summit held in Prague,...
May 21, 2009
The Development of Border Areas Department has financed a road project worth Kyat 120 lakh, but the construction workers have not got any salary till...
May 21, 2009
Delegates of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the strongest ethnic Kachin ceasefire group met Burmese military junta officials today...
May 21, 2009
The United Wa State Army’s senior commanders are in Panghsang to deliberate on the recent demand of the junta to transform into a border security...
May 21, 2009
The Bangladesh Rifles, (BDR) the country’s border security force is on high alert along the border close to the western Burmese province of Arakan to...
May 20, 2009
In a surprise move, Burmese authorities on Wednesday allowed 30 foreign diplomats and ten journalists into the special court in Insein Prison,...
May 20, 2009
The Burmese military junta is providing long term training to selected supporters for the 2010 election in Kyaukpru district starting from May 15,...
May 20, 2009
Divergent views have emerged among Burmese analysts regarding the extension of U.S. sanctions against military-ruled Burma. Some welcomed the...
May 20, 2009
After a lull of several months, students in Burma's northern Kachin State have become active yet again against the Burmese ruling junta. They have...
May 20, 2009
Local people will no longer be able to sell land to the Wa. People who flout this order will be punished and their land confiscated by the Burmese...
May 20, 2009
The relationship between Burma and the international community can worsen if the military junta unjustly sentences Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, said Aung...
May 20, 2009
Over 400 people, including democracy activists and Burmese students held a prayer meeting for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the Mae Tao...
May 20, 2009
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday sent an open letter to Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying “people are standing...

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