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April 5, 2009
A Rohingya delegation, made up of seven members, arrived in northern Arakan from Rangoon on March 31. They are under orders from the military junta...
April 5, 2009
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the largest Kachin ceasefire group in Burma's northern Kachin State has launched an operation to flush...
April 5, 2009
A Chinese hospital has demanded Kyat 200,000 to release the body of a Burmese child, which was discovered near a Sino-Burmese border town. The...
April 3, 2009
| Mon Son
Authorities in Three Pagodas Pass have been holding training for the People’s Militia for the last three weeks, according to local residents. The...
April 3, 2009
| Nem Davies
A dress code for singers to perform in the ensuing Burmese traditional water festival called 'Thingyan', prohibiting them from wearing dress alien to...
April 3, 2009
Construction of the Sai Din hydropower plant in northern Arakan State has resumed in March 2009. It is to generate power for distribution in Arakan,...
April 3, 2009
| Tun Kyaw
China and Burma have signed an agreement for the construction of a fuel pipeline from Burma's Arakan Coast to China's southwestern Yunnan Province...
April 3, 2009
Bangladesh is keen to lease land in Burma’s western Arakan State for agriculture. Bangladesh will submit a proposal for taking on lease lands in...
April 3, 2009
Thousands of able-bodied men, between the ages of 21-29, born of migrant parents, have been answering the nationwide call up drive to serve in the...
April 2, 2009
A Thai health group has begun testing Burmese migrant workers for TB in Mararchai due to a fear of infected migrants spreading it through Thailand...
April 2, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
An armed ethnic Burmese resistance group, Karen National Union (KNU), has urged the international community to take stern action against Burma's...
April 2, 2009
| Celeste Chenard
Deputy U.S. Secretary of State James B. Steinberg gave notice yesterday during a conference in Washington D.C. that the United States wants a "...
April 2, 2009
The Karen National Union (KNU) has initiated a guerrilla offensive to counter the Burmese Army’s military tactics during the dry season. According to...
April 1, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
India's Ministry of Defense has failed to cooperate in the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) case concerning the detention of 34 Burmese...
April 1, 2009
In but the latest sign of a subtle shift in U.S. foreign policy by the administration of Barack Obama, the U.S. has indicated that it will seek...