News
April 17, 2009
| Moe Thu
Oil and gas exploration and production companies in Burma are hoping for a forthcoming easing in restrictions on the current ban related to the...
April 16, 2009
Junta officials are actively campaigning for the forthcoming 2010 general elections in Chin state, western Burma. They started campaigning from the...
April 16, 2009
The Burmese ruling junta’s Prime Minister General Thein Sein has become involved in a fresh civilian-owned land confiscation scam for gold mines in...
April 16, 2009
Burma’s border security force, Nasaka, injured 32 Bangladeshi fishermen, and looted goods worth Taka 2 million from them on April 12, while they were...
April 16, 2009
| Daniel Pedersen
Fighting broke out tonight at the Karen National Liberation Army's base camp in Wah Lay Kee between the KNLA’s 201st Brigade, the Burma Army and its...
April 14, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The Thailand Government has postponed the various ASEAN Summits along with dialogue sessions among partners, after hundreds of protesters stormed the...
April 14, 2009
Motorcycle rickshaws have been banned by traffic policemen during the Burmese Water Festival -- Thingyan from April 12 to 16 in Myitkyina town, Burma...
April 10, 2009
| Mungpi
Thailand has said it is ready to assist Burma in its process of political reconciliation, airing the position during the 15th anniversary of the...
April 10, 2009
Construction workers from Thailand are building two big factories in Hukawng (Hugawng) Valley in Burma's northern Kachin State under the supervision...
April 10, 2009
A large number of Burmese soldiers have been deployed at four key places along the border near northern Maungdaw Township since Monday, to help with...
April 10, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
A new report published yesterday claims that till date the ruling military junta’s drug eradication efforts, have not met with success, as junta...
April 9, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
India’s Ambassador to Burma, Alok Sen, earlier this week, visited the north-eastern state of Mizoram to discuss the status of Indo-Burma border trade...
April 9, 2009
| Celeste Chenard
The Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Japan to give human rights priority in the Japanese Foreign Policy, and in particular in its policy towards...
April 9, 2009
| Ong Rot and Blai Mon
A joint force made up of soldiers from a Mon ceasefire group and the Burmese army attacked ethnic Karen insurgents in Tenasserim Division yesterday...
April 9, 2009
Seventeen members of the US Congress have written to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, asking for the appointment of a special envoy for military-...