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January 27, 2009
An army airbase is being constructed by the military junta in Buthidaung Township in northern Arakan, near the Bangladesh border, aiming to...
January 27, 2009
| Zar Ni
Thailand-based migrant workers organizations and rights groups responded to the Thailand Government's plan of cracking down on illegal migrant...
January 27, 2009
| Phanida
Dr. Sein Win has been re-elected the Prime Minister of the Burmese government in exile for another term in a routine MPU meeting. The meeting of the...
January 27, 2009
| Solomon
The United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR) said it has requested permission from the Indonesian government to provide protection to 193 Burmese and...
January 27, 2009
| IMNA/Kaowao
The Mon National Democratic Front (MNDF) supports the New Mon State Party’s (NMSP) recent announcement that it will not participate in the 2010...
January 27, 2009
A sub-warrant officer of the police and a woman were arrested yesterday morning for dealing in drugs in Buthidaung, said police sources. Tin Ngwe,...
January 24, 2009
| Pon Cha, Mon Son
Officers from government ministries in Mon State are holding mandatory meetings to encourage villagers to support junta-backed parties in the 2010...
January 24, 2009
| Myint Maung
Officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs contacted several political organizations on Thursday inquiring about their status in terms of preparation...
January 24, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
The pro-government organization – Union Solidarity and Development Association – in Burma's western Chin state on Friday denied rumors that it will...
January 24, 2009
The United Nations special envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari is likely to revisit the Southeast Asian country to foster political reconciliation soon, a...
January 24, 2009
| IMNA
Authorities in at least three townships in Mon State are levying taxes from paddy farmers to pay for army rations, say local sources. Farmers are...
January 24, 2009
The Bangladesh government has identified 57 survivors rescued by India off the Andaman Coast as Bangladeshi citizens, according to a report on the...
January 23, 2009
| Nawdin Lahpai
Days ahead the Chinese New Year on January 26, 2009, thousands of Chinese gamblers are gambling at the Chinese owned casinos in Burmese territory on...
January 23, 2009
| Ko Wild
Detained veteran Monk Gambira, who was allegedly staging a hunger strike in Mandalay prison, has been transferred to the remote Hkamti prison, his...
January 23, 2009
| The The
Detained pregnant woman activist, Kathy Aung, has reportedly suffered a miscarriage in Mandalay's Oh Bo prison, and with negligible care from the...